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Total Pages : 736 pages
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Download or read book Silk written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William E. Mierse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440858292
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road written by William E. Mierse and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road explores the interconnectivity of the Eurasian continent from 4000 BCE to 1000 CE. It focuses on the role played by Central Asia through which passed the major trade routes, the Silk Roads. Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road covers life along the Silk Road over 5000 years as it can be understood by considering objects. In this first object-based study to consider all of the peoples involved on the Silk Roads, objects provide the vehicles for explorations of different aspects of life for the various peoples of the Silk Roads, including the sedentary peoples who established urban life on the Silk Roads, the steppe nomads who regularly interacted with the settled peoples, and the peoples at either end of the Silk Roads who drove certain kinds of economic exchanges. The book looks at Central Asia as an international zone during ancient times when multiple religious, political, and technological ideas found acceptance in the region and allows for a better understanding of how some ideas and forms developed in Central Asia while others passed through or were modified.
Author : Marianne Vedeler
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782972153
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)
Download or read book Silk for the Vikings written by Marianne Vedeler and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The analysis of silk is a fascinating topic for research in itself but here, focusing on the 9th and 10th centuries, Marianne Vedeler takes a closer look at the trade routes and the organization of production, trade and consumption of silk during the Viking Age. Beginning with a presentation of the silk finds in the Oseberg burial, the richest Viking burial find ever discovered, the other silk finds from high status graves in Scandinavia are discussed along with an introduction to the techniques used to produce raw silk and fabrics. Later chapters concentrate on trade and exchange, considering the role of silk items both as trade objects and precious gifts, and in the light of coin finds. The main trade routes of silk to Scandinavia along the Russian rivers, and comparable Russian finds are described and the production and regulation of silk in Persia, early Islamic production areas and the Byzantine Empire discussed. The final chapter considers silk as a social actor in various contexts in Viking societies compared to the Christian west.
Author : Mariachiara Gasparini
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824881702
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Transcending Patterns written by Mariachiara Gasparini and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Transcending Patterns: Silk Road Cultural and Artistic Interactions through Central Asian Textiles, Mariachiara Gasparini investigates the origin and effects of a textile-mediated visual culture that developed at the heart of the Silk Road between the seventh and fourteenth centuries. Through the analysis of the Turfan Textile Collection in the Museum of Asian Art in Berlin and more than a thousand textiles held in collections worldwide, Gasparini discloses and reconstructs the rich cultural entanglements along the Silk Road, between the coming of Islam and the rise of the Mongol Empire, from the Tarim to Mediterranean Basin. Exploring in detail the iconographic transfer between different agents and different media from Central Asian caves to South Italian churches, the author depicts and describes the movement and exchange of portable objects such as sculpture, wall painting, and silk fragments across the Asian continent and across the ages. Gasparini’s history offers critical perspectives that extend far beyond an outmoded notion of “Silk Road studies.” Her cross-media work shows readers how certain material cultures are connected not only by the physical routes they take but also because of the meanings and interpretations these objects engage in various places. Transcending Patterns is at once art history, material and visual cultural history, Asian studies, conservatory studies, and linguistics.
Author : Annette B. Weiner
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588343847
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Cloth and Human Experience written by Annette B. Weiner and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cloth and Human Experience explores a wide variety of cultures and eras, discussing production and trade, economics, and symbolic and spiritual associations.
Author : John Watkins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317098056
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Mediterranean Identities in the Premodern Era written by John Watkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full length volume to approach the premodern Mediterranean from a fully interdisciplinary perspective, this collection defines the Mediterranean as a coherent region with distinct patterns of social, political, and cultural exchange. The essays explore the production, modification, and circulation of identities based on religion, ethnicity, profession, gender, and status as free or slave within three distinctive Mediterranean geographies: islands, entrepôts and empires. Individual essays explore such topics as interreligious conflict and accommodation; immigration and diaspora; polylingualism; classical imitation and canon formation; traffic in sacred objects; Mediterranean slavery; and the dream of a reintegrated Roman empire. Integrating environmental, social, political, religious, literary, artistic, and linguistic concerns, this collection offers a new model for approaching a distinct geographical region as a unique site of cultural and social exchange.
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Total Pages : 1016 pages
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Download or read book The Industrial Directory of New Jersey written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edgar Britt
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466841591
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Post Haste written by Edgar Britt and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1967 and out of print for over twenty years, Post Haste is a classic Australian story revived. Edgar Britt tells the tale of his colourful thirty year career as one of Australia’s most successful jockeys. Winning his first race in 1930 at the age of sixteen, Britt rode in Australia, India and the United Kingdom where he won nearly all the major events. He was first rider for a succession of Maharajahs and at the peak of his career even rode for the King of England.
Author : New Jersey. Legislature. Senate
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Total Pages : 1800 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (956 download)
Download or read book Journal of the ... Senate of the State of New Jersey ... written by New Jersey. Legislature. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : New Jersey. Bureau of Statistics and Records
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Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Industrial Directory of New Jersey written by New Jersey. Bureau of Statistics and Records and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 914 pages
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Download or read book Journal of the Society of Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1068 pages
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Download or read book The Court Journal and Fashionable Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rupert Simms
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Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book ... Bibliotheca Staffordiensis; or, a bibliogr. account of books a. other printed matter rel. to - printed or publ. in - or written by a native, resident, or person deriving a title fr. - any portion of the county of Stafford: giving a full collation a. biogr. not. of authors a. printers ... written by Rupert Simms and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Donahue
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1496955463
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (969 download)
Download or read book Soyala's Saga written by Richard Donahue and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author House Review: The Sixth Coming is set within an original mythology to fascinating results. It combines vividly realized characters with spiritual themes and elements of Aztec lore. There is an incredible array of exciting sequences that could provide great material for adapting this work into another medium. Due to the nontraditional structure and storytelling style, live theater could be an interesting option. Film is another option; perhaps animation could make the most of the impressive locations, creatures, and spectacles. There are several elements that are very well suited for a film or theater piece. Because both these mediums usually feature the interactions between characters, the strong personalities of The Sixth Coming are essential to capture. Soyala is a great heroinefrom her borderline petulance over the Builders gift to her reluctant and confused acceptance of her destiny. She isnt perfect, which makes her all the more compelling as she overcomes overwhelming odds. Kajika, Burilgi, and the Minstrel are wonderful supporting characters. Each of these brothers has his own distinct personality, and their squabbling provides comic relief. Burilgi and the Minstrel in particular provide humor. Kajika could bring in sex appeal for female audiences while Soyala and Xochiquetzal could do so for males. Xochiquetzal/Tona-teootl is a fascinating villain. Her sinister sexuality when welcoming Soyala and Kajika could play very well in a film. The later scenes on the Barge are thrilling due to Tona-teootls increasingly evident madness. These scenes would provide terrific moments for an actor to really chew up the scenery. The Shield Maidens story begins with the reader being introduced to her loved ones. Each character is well developed and had distinctive characteristics. When bad things happen to them, we also feel her loss. We also learn more about how she came to be and how important loyalty is to her survival. The places that this story takes us to are either incredibly beautiful or eerily foreboding. The creatures in it are also very uniquely described and incredibly different from the mundane realm that we currently inhabit.
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Total Pages : 1084 pages
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Download or read book "The Blue Book" Textile Directory of the United States and Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anna Akasoy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351926055
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Islam and Tibet – Interactions along the Musk Routes written by Anna Akasoy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first encounters between the Islamic world and Tibet took place in the course of the expansion of the Abbasid Empire in the eighth century. Military and political contacts went along with an increasing interest in the other side. Cultural exchanges and the transmission of knowledge were facilitated by a trading network, with musk constituting one of the main trading goods from the Himalayas, largely through India. From the thirteenth century onwards the spread of the Mongol Empire from the Western borders of Europe through Central Asia to China facilitated further exchanges. The significance of these interactions has been long ignored in scholarship. This volume represents a major contribution to the subject, bringing together new studies by an interdisciplinary group of international scholars. They explore for the first time the multi-layered contacts between the Islamic world, Central Asia and the Himalayas from the eighth century until the present day in a variety of fields, including geography, cartography, art history, medicine, history of science and education, literature, hagiography, archaeology, and anthropology.
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Total Pages : 1146 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book America's Textile Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
