Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: A Song of Diplomacy on the Silk Road 1
5. Part I Travelers
6. 1 An Archive for an Age of Kings 19
7. 2 People 39
8. 3 Things 63
9. Part II Traveling
10. 4 Facing the Road 97
11. 5 Praising the Host 126
12. 6 Exchanging Gifts 150
13. 7 Switching Languages 170
14. Part III The King’s Road
15. 8 The Economics of Diplomacy 201
16. 9 The Kingly Exchange 226
17. 10 The Politics of the Road 261
18. Conclusion 285
19. Notes 303
20. Bibliography 347
21. Index 373
22. A note on the type 391