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Silk Road, Islam, and Confucianism

The history of the Silk Road, or Silk Routes as some historians prefer to call it, is one of the most impactful periods in human history spanning nearly sixteen centuries, from the second century BCE until the fifteenth century CE. It was the opening of trade to the outside world by the Han dynasty...

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Main Author: Bakar, Osman
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Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2024
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BL Religion
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
Islam
BQ Buddhism
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/47074/
https://doi.org/10.31436/shajarah.v29i1.1847
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spelling my.um.eprints.470742025-01-03T08:27:08Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/47074/ Silk Road, Islam, and Confucianism Bakar, Osman BL Religion BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc Islam BQ Buddhism The history of the Silk Road, or Silk Routes as some historians prefer to call it, is one of the most impactful periods in human history spanning nearly sixteen centuries, from the second century BCE until the fifteenth century CE. It was the opening of trade to the outside world by the Han dynasty in China in 130 BCE that opened the official curtain of the Silk Road history. This Silk Road history may be regarded as the history of the encounters of the greatest human civilisations before modern times. It is a period of history that witnessed the birth of two great religions and civilisations of the world, namely Christianity and Islam. In the context of our present discussion, it is not the history of the individual religions and civilisations sharing the approximately 6,437 kilometre or 4,000 milelong Silk Road that mainly interests us. Rather, it is the inter-civilisational encounters that went into the shaping of the Silk Road history in question. International Islamic University Malaysia 2024 Article PeerReviewed Bakar, Osman (2024) Silk Road, Islam, and Confucianism. Al-Shajarah, 29 (1). pp. 239-244. ISSN 1394-6870, DOI https://doi.org/10.31436/shajarah.v29i1.1847 <https://doi.org/10.31436/shajarah.v29i1.1847>. https://doi.org/10.31436/shajarah.v29i1.1847 10.31436/shajarah.v29i1.1847
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topic BL Religion
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
Islam
BQ Buddhism
spellingShingle BL Religion
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
Islam
BQ Buddhism
Bakar, Osman
Silk Road, Islam, and Confucianism
description The history of the Silk Road, or Silk Routes as some historians prefer to call it, is one of the most impactful periods in human history spanning nearly sixteen centuries, from the second century BCE until the fifteenth century CE. It was the opening of trade to the outside world by the Han dynasty in China in 130 BCE that opened the official curtain of the Silk Road history. This Silk Road history may be regarded as the history of the encounters of the greatest human civilisations before modern times. It is a period of history that witnessed the birth of two great religions and civilisations of the world, namely Christianity and Islam. In the context of our present discussion, it is not the history of the individual religions and civilisations sharing the approximately 6,437 kilometre or 4,000 milelong Silk Road that mainly interests us. Rather, it is the inter-civilisational encounters that went into the shaping of the Silk Road history in question.
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title Silk Road, Islam, and Confucianism
title_short Silk Road, Islam, and Confucianism
title_full Silk Road, Islam, and Confucianism
title_fullStr Silk Road, Islam, and Confucianism
title_full_unstemmed Silk Road, Islam, and Confucianism
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publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
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url http://eprints.um.edu.my/47074/
https://doi.org/10.31436/shajarah.v29i1.1847
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