Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times - Couverture rigide

Bentley, Jerry H.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195076397 ISBN 13 : 9780195076394

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1993

Synopsis

This study examines cross-cultural encounters before 1492 AD, focusing on the major influences that transformed Asia and Europe during that period. The author examines the political, social, economic and cultural conditions that enabled one culture to influence or suppress another.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Since the year 1492, contacts between different cultures have clearly influenced all peoples on earth. By no means, however, did cross-cultural encounters begin with the discovery of the New World. This book examines cross-cultural encounters before 1492, focusing in particular on the ways in which cultural traditions won converts in foreign cultures. Bentley focuses on the major cross-cultural influences that transformed Asia and Europe during this period: The ancient silk roads that linked China with the Roman Empire, the spread of the world religions, and the Mongol Empire of the thirteenth century. His goal throughout the work is to examine the conditions - political, social, economic, or cultural - that enable one culture to influence, mix with, or suppress another.

Biographie de l'auteur

Editor of the Journal of World History

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195076397
• ISBN 13: 9780195076394
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 231
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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