Steel and silk -- Silk in Roman society -- The Chinese empire and the Xiongnu -- The discovery of the west -- Securing the silk routes -- The Kushan empire -- The Sogdian intermediaries -- Caspian routes and the Crimea -- Black Sea voyages -- The Sarmatians -- The Parthian empire -- Parthia and...

Der Herausgeber des "International Journal of African Historical Studies" gibt einen geschichtlichen Überblick europäisch-afrikanischer Beziehungen, der fast 2000 Jahre behandelt. Angefangen von römischen und muslemischen Beziehungen zu Afrika, erörtert der Verf. die europäische Beurteilung...

The establishment of Christianity in the late- and post-Roman world caused an economic as well as a religious revolution, but, while a great deal of attention has been paid to the religious developments of the period, the impact of the establishment of the Church on the economy has attracted...