The Silk Road: A New History, Valerie Hansen's 2012 book from Oxford University Press, is a scholarly account of trans-Eurasian trade and exchange built substantially from archaeological and documentary evidence rather than travelers' accounts. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed academic work from a leading historian of the period. Its limit is that Hansen's own thesis, that overland trade volume was smaller than popularly assumed, is itself a specific argument within ongoing scholarly discussion.
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Tier one: a peer reviewed academic work from Oxford University Press by a leading historian of the period, built substantially from archaeological and documentary evidence rather than travelers' accounts. Its limit is that Hansen's own thesis, that overland trade volume was smaller than popularly assumed, is itself a specific argument within ongoing scholarly discussion. NotesScholarly history of the Silk Road, Oxford University Press, 2012.
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AuthorValerie Hansen
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year2012
Source Typeacademic monograph
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- Cities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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