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THE IRANIAN-GEORGIAN BRANCH OF THE SILK ROAD IN I-IVTH CENTURIES |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:35 来源：不详
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The term of Silk Road (Die Seidenstrassen)[1] which was used firstly by F. von Richthofen, well-known German scholar, in 1877, and then widely accepted as an expression for the main road from the Central Asia to the West, is said today as Silk Road or Silk Route.[2] From the earliest period, it was used for the transportation of a number of materials and spiritual goods together the silk, the luxury good that was known in the West as “Goldenes Vlies”,[3] or “the wool of the Chinese forests” just as written by Plinius the Elder in his work Naturalis Historia towards 70 A.D.[4] The Silk Road is not a solely road but a network of the routes. Being the world’s oldest and most historically important trade route, the Silk Road spanned 7,000 miles from China, linking Central Asia, India, and Arabia with Rome. Connecting the East and Far East to the West, especially the Mediterranean countries through Central Asia, the Silk Road played an important role in international trade, and became significant not only for the trade of goods,&nb [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] ... 下一页 >> |
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