Humanities & Social Sciences

The Maritime Silk Road/海上丝绸之路

by State Administration of Cultural Heritage/

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Maritime Silk Road, also called as “China Road”, is an extension of its overland counterpart. Along the road, large quantities of custom-made chinaware were sold and transported to Europe, including, among others, blue-and-white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty that catered to Islamic love of “white and blue”. The Maritime Silk Road reached its peak in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, gold and silver as well as copper coin were brought by the maritime businessmen to overseas and there became means of payment, and ancient Chinese coins have been found as far as in India and Arabic nations.

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Cultural Relics Press

Cultural Relics Press

Cultural Relics Press was established in 1957, and is the only press dedicated to publishing archeology related books. It is committed to salvaging and protecting China’s cultural heritage and publicizing the content and artistic charm of traditional Chinese culture. Over the past 60 years, it has published about 7000 kinds of books on culture and archeology”. Its publications on traditional Chinese culture are well received across the world. It is the first press to engage in cultural exchange abroad and cooperate with counterparts in Europe, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. It has collaborated with partners in UK, USA, Italy, Japan, former Yugoslavia, Taiwan. More than 300 awards has been received at home and abroad, including, among others, National Book Award, China Book Award, and “Most Beautiful Books in the World” (Leipzig).

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  • Publisher Cultural Relics Press
  • Publication Date June 2014
  • Orginal LanguageChinese simplified
  • ISBN/Identifier 9787501040315
  • Publication Country or regionChina
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 350 CNY
  • Pages320
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Copyright Year2014
  • Dimensions285*215 mm
  • Illustrationwith color illustrations

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