v ARTIFACTS 1 Ceiling Tile from Dura Europos with Portrait of Heliodoros 43 2 Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya 47 3 Funerary Relief with Banquet Scene 55 4 Adult Man’s Caftan 61 5 Vase with Four Scenes in Repoussé Technique Showing Aspects of Scythian Life 73 6 Gold Belt End 81 7 Photograph of a Turkmen Woman in Her Finery in Front of Her Yurt 87 8 Gold Relief Foil Griffin Ornaments 93 9 Representation of Architecture from a Relief Fragment 97 10 Stucco Architectural Roundel with Palmettes from a Window 103 11 Stone Lintel Frieze of the Parinirvana 109 12 Bronze Throne Leg with Griffin 115 13 Early-20th-Century Yurt 121 14 Bronze Cauldron on a High Rounded Foot 129 Preface vii How to Use This Book ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: What Was the World of the Ancient Silk Road? xv ALPHABETICAL ENTRIES Amazons 2 Animal Style 2 Banqueting 4 City Planning 6 Coinage 8 Domestication of the Horse 11 Funerary Practices 12 Indus Valley Civilization 14 Linguistic and Genetic Studies 15 Monasticism 16 Nomad Kingdoms and Empires 19 Persepolis Apadana Reliefs 24 Persistence of Classicism 25 Shamanism, Ancient Central Asian 28 Silk 29 Texts and Archaeology 31 Texts and Translations 33 Travelers, Early 35 Wool Working and Carpet Making 37 Zoroastrianism 39 CONTENTS
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