Silk Roads

Filled with insights the very latest research and plenty of surprises a superlative catalogue of one the most ambitious and spectacular exhibitions ever staged at the British Museum Peter Frankopan author of The Silk Roads A New History of the World A sumptuous book a book of the exotic and the wonderful a trip to ancient and far away lands a book full of artistic and cultural treasures a book to savour and enjoy Sacred Hoop magazine A richly illustrated publication that explores the networks of contacts and exchanges spanning Afro Eurasia from 500 to 1000 ce highlighting how the movement of people objects and ideas shaped cultures and histories The term Silk Road conjures a range of romantic images Camel caravans crossing desert dunes Merchants trading silk and spices Far flung commerce between East and West The reality was far richer Focusing on a defining period between 500 and 1000 CE this beautifully illustrated book reimagines the Silk Roads as a web of interlocking networks linking Asia Africa and Europe from Japan to Ireland from the Arctic to Madagascar It tells a remarkable story of people objects and ideas flowing in all directions through the traces these journeys left behind including ceramics from Tang China recovere…