◎ 著者简介 彼得·霍普柯克（Peter Hopkirk，1930—2014），英国知名作家，曾任独立电视新闻（ITN）记者，随后在《泰晤士报》工作了近二十年，足迹遍布中亚、南亚、东亚各国，著有《大博弈》《新大博弈》等畅销作品。

The Silk Road, which linked imperial Rome and distant China, was once the greatest thoroughfare on earth. Along it travelled precious cargoes of silk, gold and ivory, as well as revolutionary new ideas. Its oasis towns blossomed into thriving centres of Buddhist art and learning. In time it began to decline. The traffic slowed, the merchants left and finally its towns vanished ...(展开全部)

Elverskog has produced, for the very first time, a detailed account of the long-term interaction of Buddhism and Islam that should be welcomed by all students of Eurasian history. His approach to this issue is informed, balanced, and insightful. He understands that it is important to recognize the diversity within both religions, and that their encounters were not clashes betwe...(展开全部)

The King’s Road offers a new interpretation of the history of the Silk Road, emphasizing its importance as a diplomatic route, rather than a commercial one. Tracing the arduous journeys of diplomatic envoys, Xin Wen presents a rich social history of long-distance travel that played out in deserts, post stations, palaces, and polo fields. The book tells the story of the everyday...(展开全部)

In this rich and riveting narrative, a writer's search for the truth behind his family's tragic past in World War II becomes a remarkably original epic—part memoir, part reportage, part mystery, and part scholarly detective work—that brilliantly explores the nature of time and memory, family and history.

A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia was the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane and scene of Stalin's cruelest deportations. A remote and fascinating region in a constant state of transition—never more so than since the collapse of the Soviet Union—it encompasses terrain as diverse as the Kazakh steppes, the Karakum ...(展开全部)

Following her bestselling Life Along the Silk Road, Susan Whitfield widens her exploration of the great cultural highway with another captivating portrait through the experience of things. Silk, Slaves, and Stupas tells the stories of ten very different objects, considering their interaction with the peoples and cultures of the Silk Road—those who made them, carried them, recei...(展开全部)

作者 约翰·N. 密西 (John N. Miksic)，新加坡国立大学考古系兼东南亚研究院教授。主要研究方向为东南亚古代贸易、新加坡历史与考古等。二十世纪八十年代，新加坡缺乏本土考古学家，密西教授是第一位受邀到本地进行考古挖掘的专家，曾率领学术团队在东南亚各国进行大规模考古发掘。著有《菲律宾的祖传黄金》（Philippine Ancestral Gold）和《东南亚陶器》（Earthenware in Southeast Asia）。 译者 潘一宁，中山大学历史系教授，从事东南亚史教学与研究。 戴宁，北京外国语大学英语学院副教授，从事英语口笔译教学和实践以及澳大利亚政治研究。

In 1925, James Henry Breasted, famed Egyptologist and director of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, sent a team of archaeologists to the Holy Land to excavate the ancient site of Megiddo—Armageddon in the New Testament—which the Bible says was fortified by King Solomon. Their excavations made headlines around the world and shed light on one of the most legend...(展开全部)