Matitime Silk Road: (Li Qingxin)

Chinese Title: 海上丝绸之路
Title: Matitime Silk Road
ISBN: 9787508509327
Edition: English
Publishing Date: 2006-08
Author: Author: Li Qingxin
Publishing House: China Intercontinental Press
Format: 16mo
Cover: P
Page: 199pp


Introduction:
The Silk Road is a road of ceramics, silk, perfume and tea, covering many fields such as Chinese history of ports, shipbuilding, sea navigation, overseas trade, migration, religion, international relations, and Sino-foreign exchange of science, technology and culture. The road linked Asia, Europe, Africa, America and Oceania. This book gives a detailed coverage of its opening and extension, which witnessed the long history of Sino-foreign economic and cultural exchanges.

Content:
The Convergence of Early Sea Lanes of the East and the West
Maritime Civilizations in the Far East
From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean:Contributons to Navigation by Greeks,Phoenicians and Romans
Archeological Findings from the South Yue Kingdom
Voyages of Han Dynasty Envoys to the South China Sea
Countries that Have Overseas Contact with China between the 3rd to 6th Centuries
Persian Artifaces and Silver Coins Unearthed from Suizi and Other Places
The“China Impression”in the Minds of Romans