Old World Encounters: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-Modern Times / Edition 1

by Jerry H. Bentley

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195076400
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/07/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.34(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.72(d)

Table of Contents

List of Maps1. Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges2. The Era of the Ancient Silk Roads3. Missionaries, Pilgrims, and the Spread of the World Religions4. The Age of the Nomadic Empires5. Toward a New World OrderBibliographyIndex