01158nam a2200277Ia 4500 TVU_17372 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0072843519 9780072843514 eng 388.095 Liu Xinru Liu Connections across Eurasia transportation, communication, and cultural exchange on the Silk Roads Xinru Liu, Lynda Norene Shaffer Boston McGraw-Hill 2007 x, 262 p. ill. 23 cm This first edition text examines the remarkable histories of the societies and peoples who fostered Eurasian trade and communication in the almost two millennia before 1500 C.E. A study in the early history of globalization,