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‎Silk Roads‎

‎Brunning, Sue, Luk Yu-Ping, Elisabeth O'Connell and Tim Williams: Silk Roads. London: 2024. 304 pages, illustrated in colour. Hard cover. 27 x 24cms. Features objects from across Asia, Africa and Europe that were carried across the vast trade networks collectively known as the Silk Road, from the 6th to 11th centuries CE. Featuring ceramics from Tang China recovered from a shipwreck in the Java Sea, sword-fittings set with Indian garnets buried in England, and a selection of letters and legal texts from a synagogue in Cairo revealing a Jewish community's links from India to al-Andalus; focused on the Silk Road's influence on both the medieval world and our modern global society.‎

‎Features objects from across Asia, Africa and Europe that were carried across the vast trade networks collectively known as the Silk Road, from the 6th to 11th centuries CE. Featuring ceramics from Tang China recovered from a shipwreck in the Java Sea, sword-fittings set with Indian garnets buried in England, and a selection of letters and legal texts from a synagogue in Cairo revealing a Jewish communityâs links from India to al-Andalus; focused on the Silk Road's influence on both the medieval world and our modern global society. Text in English‎