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# The Silk Roads: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

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- **What is this?** The Silk Roads: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture) by xinru liu
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Brief History of the Famous Silk Road
*by D***D on May 12, 2025*

Very good, succinct history of the famous Silk Road that ran (runs even now) from mid China to Europe, including through the Himalaya Mountains and Afghanistan. This was a major trade route and there is so much world history associated.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brief, but very good.
*by R***L on May 24, 2017*

Well-written, informative, interesting (see note on Documents) and as-advertised.The book is arranged in a peculiar manner, with a 30-page Introduction, followed by 130 pages of Documents relating to the Silk Road(s) (English translations largely from primary sources), and ending with several pages of a sort of bullet-point chronology, plus bibliography, acknowledgements and index.Unlike several other books, (notably "Empires of the Silk Road", Beckwith), Ms. Liu includes the later littoral sea-trading-routes in the subject, which makes the entire book both greater in breadth and slighter in detail. Regardless, and regardless of whether you agree with her choice, it is a fine introduction to the trade, products, practices, religions and individual experiences over all of the routes between what is now called Europe to the far ends of Asia; a good place for those unfamiliar with the subject to begin.The translated documents which follow are almost bound to give you a bit of a shiver from time to time. These are from the hand of he (mostly) who wrote it lo, those many years ago, right in front of you:[Contract for the Sale of a Vineyard] "This document concerning a vineyard [bought] from Budhila and Budhaya {...} This is the seal of the monks Samca, Sujata and Dhamila" (3rd century).These are people we would call uncivilized, self-organizing trade among themselves, and finding ways to make record of it to avoid later misunderstanding. Where history and increasing prosperity cross.The Chronology begs for additions, but judging by other sources, is not lacking for accuracy.Overall, Ms. Liu (probably as a result of her Chinese heritage) focuses on the east end of the road more than do others, and that is just fine; for most western readers, that end needs some fleshing out. The questions at the end of the introduction of each Document suggest the book is aimed at those who might not be reading this by choice, but that probably can't be helped. And it wouldn't hurt to be 200 pages longer, but I'll be buying more of her books to make up for it.Finally, I almost cut a star; my copy arrived with water damage at the bottom of the first 50 pages. Can't do it; the book is too good and too well written.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ College book
*by D***N on July 1, 2017*

College book pick by college professor I had to get. With short articles

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