ACTA VIA SERICA

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Acta Via Serica
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 0-0, Dec. 2019

Colossal Buddha Statues along the Silk Road

Dorothy C. Wong
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 1-27, Dec. 2019

10.22679/avs.2019.4.2.001

Colossal Buddha statues

‘Look at the Alcohol If You Want to Know the Country’: Drinking Vessels as a Cultural Marker of Medieval Korea

In-Sung Kim Han
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 29-59, Dec. 2019

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Painting of a Buddhist Figure Accompanied by a Tiger on the Silk Road: Itinerant Monk, Arhat (Nahan) and Sanshin

Kyong-Mi Kim
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 61-77, Dec. 2019

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The Journey of Benedictus Polonus or a European Discovery of Asia before Marco Polo

Renata Czekalska
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 79-95, Dec. 2019

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13th century Europe-Asia contacts

early Western accounts of Asia and the Mongol Empire

Benedictus Polonus

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

European journeys to Asia before Marco Polo

Hybrid History: Towards an Entangled History of Islamic Astronomy as a Global Phenomenon

Rüdiger Lohlker
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 97-118, Dec. 2019

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Central Asia and the Republic of Korea: A Sketch on Historical Relations

Bakhrom Abdukhalimov and Natalia Karimova
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 119-128, Dec. 2019

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The Goddess Nana and the Kušan Empire: Mesopotamian and Iranian Traces

Manya Saadi-Nejad
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 129-140, Dec. 2019

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Iranian mythology

Mesopotamian mythology

goddess

Inanna/Ištar

Anahitā

Hyecho’s Journey: The World of Buddhism. By Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Renata Czekalska
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 141-143, Dec. 2019

The Steppe and the Sea: Pearls in the Mongol Empire (Encounters with Asia). By Thomas T. Allsen

Warren Parsons
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 143-146, Dec. 2019

The New Silk Road Leads through the Arab Peninsula: Mastering Global Business and Innovation. Edited by Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras, Wadee Alhalabi, and Xi Zhang

Yoonmin Kim
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 147-149, Dec. 2019

The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World. By Peter Frankopan

Ingilab Ahmadov
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 149-151, Dec. 2019

The Silk Road Trap: How China’s Trade Ambitions Challenge Europe. By Jonathan Holslag

Madhu Sudhan Atteraya
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 151-153, Dec. 2019

China’s Grand Strategy: Weaving a New Silk Road to Global Primacy. By Sarwar A. Kashmeri

James C. Schopf
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 153-156, Dec. 2019

The Trade in Papers Marked with Non-Latin Characters. Edited by Anne Regourd

Cagri Erdem
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 157-159, Dec. 2019

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