Horses, Silver, and Cowries: Yunnan in Global Perspective
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jwh/15.3/yang.html
Bin Yang, "Horses, Silver, and Cowries: Yunnan in Global Perspective," Journal of World History September 2004
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jwh/15.3/yang.html
... This paper aims to demonstrate the global significance of Yunnan and to redraw the map of early Eurasian communication. While utilizing Chinese scholarship, I supplement Chinese scholars with non-Chinese sources to construct a more comprehensive picture of the Southwest Silk Road that in turn will add a new dimension to the Sino-foreign exchange and Eurasian communication. First, I will present a concise description of the road. Then, focusing on commercial items such as horses, silver, and cowries, I attempt to demonstrate the global importance of Yunnan by illustrating how Yunnan had shaped neighboring societies. Finally, the use of a world-system perspective will contribute to the ongoing world-system debates and add a new dimension to our understanding of Eurasian communications. ...
Map 2. The Southwest Silk Road in the Nanzhao-Dali Period (7th–mid 13th Century AD).
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Bin Yang, "Horses, Silver, and Cowries: Yunnan in Global Perspective," Journal of World History September 2004
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jwh/15.3/yang.html
... This paper aims to demonstrate the global significance of Yunnan and to redraw the map of early Eurasian communication. While utilizing Chinese scholarship, I supplement Chinese scholars with non-Chinese sources to construct a more comprehensive picture of the Southwest Silk Road that in turn will add a new dimension to the Sino-foreign exchange and Eurasian communication. First, I will present a concise description of the road. Then, focusing on commercial items such as horses, silver, and cowries, I attempt to demonstrate the global importance of Yunnan by illustrating how Yunnan had shaped neighboring societies. Finally, the use of a world-system perspective will contribute to the ongoing world-system debates and add a new dimension to our understanding of Eurasian communications. ...
Map 2. The Southwest Silk Road in the Nanzhao-Dali Period (7th–mid 13th Century AD).
Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com
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