The Journey to Eurasian History: A New Silk Road Travel Diary
• Original title : 유라시아로의 시간 여행: 새롭게 쓴 실크로드 여행가 열전
• Price : 18,000KRW
• Product Dimensions :
152x214, 320pages
• Publication Date : 2018-07-13
• ISBN : 9791160943801
Book Information & Summary
Written by Jeong Jaehun, Lim Youngae, Kim Janggoo, Joo Kyeongmi, Kang Inuk and Cho Won
This book explores journeys on the newly restored Silk Road based on recent studies by leading researchers in Central Asia.
This book is an attempt to re-examine the history of the vast roads connecting the Korean Peninsula to the Eurasian continent and Europe, which are collectively known presently as the Iron Silk Road. Currently, the Silk Road areas of Central Asia are undergoing major changes as the political and economic interests of each country collide, indiscriminate developments progress, and history is rediscovered and newly written. The six authors, who are experts in their respective fields of study with regard to Central Asia from nomadic empires to Buddhist art and archeology, have examined the long history of these regions as well as how history is being reinterpreted in the present cataclysm.
Interconnecting regions of the Eurasian continent, the historic Silk Road is not a single road like modern railways and roads but a combination of roads crossing deserts, plains, mountains, jungles, and seas. The purpose of those who traveled along the path was quite diverse, ranging from political negotiations and conquests to economic gain, religious missions, and imperial exploration.
The history of these regions, where so many people, goods, and civilizations crossed, conveys overwhelming complexity. Thus, the authors elected to explore the history and geography of these areas in a manner in which readers can comfortably approach the subject, covering historical figures and specific travel routes. The people examined by this book include 20th-century explorers such as Zhang Qian of the Han dynasty who headed west to form military alliances; Buddhist pilgrims who journeyed to India to save Buddhist scriptures; and Marco Polo who traveled to meet Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire. Misconceptions about well-known figures have either been corrected or have had their existential meanings redefined.
What's more, the book introduces a wealth of relatively unknown figures. These include Japanese Buddhist monk Tōkan Tada, the Nestorianists of Mongolia, Christian monk Rabban Bar Sauma, the relatively unknown Russian pioneer of Silk Road research Nikolay Przhevalsky, and the first female Silk Road explorer Aleksandra Potanina.
This book explores journeys on the newly restored Silk Road based on recent studies by leading researchers in Central Asia.
This book is an attempt to re-examine the history of the vast roads connecting the Korean Peninsula to the Eurasian continent and Europe, which are collectively known presently as the Iron Silk Road. Currently, the Silk Road areas of Central Asia are undergoing major changes as the political and economic interests of each country collide, indiscriminate developments progress, and history is rediscovered and newly written. The six authors, who are experts in their respective fields of study with regard to Central Asia from nomadic empires to Buddhist art and archeology, have examined the long history of these regions as well as how history is being reinterpreted in the present cataclysm.
Interconnecting regions of the Eurasian continent, the historic Silk Road is not a single road like modern railways and roads but a combination of roads crossing deserts, plains, mountains, jungles, and seas. The purpose of those who traveled along the path was quite diverse, ranging from political negotiations and conquests to economic gain, religious missions, and imperial exploration.
The history of these regions, where so many people, goods, and civilizations crossed, conveys overwhelming complexity. Thus, the authors elected to explore the history and geography of these areas in a manner in which readers can comfortably approach the subject, covering historical figures and specific travel routes. The people examined by this book include 20th-century explorers such as Zhang Qian of the Han dynasty who headed west to form military alliances; Buddhist pilgrims who journeyed to India to save Buddhist scriptures; and Marco Polo who traveled to meet Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire. Misconceptions about well-known figures have either been corrected or have had their existential meanings redefined.
What's more, the book introduces a wealth of relatively unknown figures. These include Japanese Buddhist monk Tōkan Tada, the Nestorianists of Mongolia, Christian monk Rabban Bar Sauma, the relatively unknown Russian pioneer of Silk Road research Nikolay Przhevalsky, and the first female Silk Road explorer Aleksandra Potanina.