Old World Encounters

Old World Encounters
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 0195076400
ISBN-13 : 9780195076400
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Book Synopsis Old World Encounters by : Jerry H. Bentley

Download or read book Old World Encounters written by Jerry H. Bentley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book examines cross-cultural encounters before 1492, focusing in particular on the major cross-cultural influences that transformed Asia and Europe during this period: the ancient silk roads that linked China with the Roman Empire, the spread of the world religions, and theMongol Empire of the thirteenth century. The author's goal throughout the work is to examine the conditions--political, social, economic, or cultural--that enable one culture to influence, mix with, or suppress another. On the basis of its global analysis, the book identifies several distinctivepattern of conversion, conflict, and compromise that emerged from cross-cultural encounters. In doing so, it elucidates that larger historical context of encounters between Europeans and other peoples in modern times. _Old World Encounters_ is ideal for students of world geography, religion, andcivilizations.

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