China and the Roman Orient - Researches into their Ancient Medieval Relations as Represented in

Similar in size and in duration, the Chinese and the Roman empires ruled half the world's population at the time of their co-existence. But what did they know about each other? In China and the Roman Orient Friedrich Hirth uses linguistic, geographical and historical analysis of ancient Chinese records to reconstruct the ancient trade routes used by the Chinese and to show what knowledge they had of the Roman Empire. His careful research on the original Chinese sources also tells us much about the geography, history and commerce of the period. China and the Roman Orient quickly established itself as a landmark work. It remains an important and much cited work but is now scarce. This new edition contains a new introduction by leading contemporary scholar Victor Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, USA

About the author

Victor H. Mair is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is the co-editor of Ming Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader (Bloomsbury, 2022).

Product details

• Authors: Friedrich Hirth, HIRTH FRIEDRICH
• Assisted by: Victor H. Mair (Introduction)
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9780755639373
• ISBN: 978-0-7556-3937-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; China, HISTORY / Asia / China, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Middle Eastern history, Asian History, Historical & comparative linguistics, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Historical and comparative linguistics