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Author La Vaissière, Étienne de.

Title Sogdian traders : a history / by Étienne De La Vaissière ; translated by James Ward.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 406 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Series Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section eight, Central Asia ; v. 10
Handbuch der Orientalistik. Achte Abteilung, Handbook of Uralic studies ; v. 10.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-376) and indexes.
Summary The Sogdian were the main traders of Central Asia from the fifth to the eighth century. Their diaspora is attested in India, China, Iran, the Turkish Steppe, but also Byzantium. This is the first attempt to describe their trade.
Contents List of Maps and Illustrations; General Introduction; Chapter One The Origins of the Sogdian Network: An Attempt at Chronological Delimitation; Chapter Two About the Ancient Letters; Chapter Three Trade with India; Chapter Four Sogdiana, a Major Center of Trade; Chapter Five In China; Chapter Six Structures; Chapter Seven The Turco-Sogdian Milieux; Chapter Eight Ambassadors and Merchants: The Western Routes; Chapter Nine The Sogdians in the Islamic World; Chapter Ten Ruptures and Assimilations; General Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Asia, Central -- Commerce -- History.
Central Asia.
Commerce.
History.
Sogdians -- Commerce.
Sogdians.
Sogdians -- History.
Merchants -- Uzbekistan -- History.
Merchants.
Uzbekistan.
Merchants -- Tajikistan -- History.
Tajikistan.
Silk Road.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Histoire des marchands Sogdiens. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005010225
Other Form: Print version: La Vaissière, Étienne de. Histoire des marchands Sogdiens. English. Sogdian traders. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005 (DLC) 2005042165 (OCoLC)57675911
ISBN 9781429452748 (electronic book)
1429452749 (electronic book)
1433705230
9781433705236
9004142525 (alkaline paper)
9789004142527 (alkaline paper)