scholarly journals The Sutton Hoo lyre and the music of the Silk Road: a new find of the fourth century AD reveals the Germanic lyre's missing eastern connections

Antiquity ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Gjermund Kolltveit
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Close Resemblance ◽  
Stringed Instruments ◽  
The Silk Road

A recent re-examination of finds from Soviet-era excavations in Dzhetyasar, Kazakhstan, has identified the remains of two wooden objects as stringed instruments. Dating to the fourth century AD, one bears a strikingly close resemblance to lyre finds from Western Europe, including the instrument from Mound 1 at Sutton Hoo: the Sutton Hoo lyre.

Beobachtungen zur Turfan-Chandoviciti

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-60
Author(s):  
Ruixuan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Original Source ◽  
Textual History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
The Silk Road

In 1958, a number of birchbark fragments in the Berlin collection of Turfan manuscripts were edited and published by Dieter Schlingloff under the title of Chandoviciti. He ascribed them to three independent texts on Sanskrit metrics, which contained numerous exemplary verses of a wide variety of Sanskrit meters. Therefore some scholars felt justified in assuming that the texts dated by Schlingloff in the second half of the fourth century ce were originally a collection of exemplary verses. Nevertheless the textual history of those texts remains obscure. This recent research is based on a scrutiny of the original source, while bringing about a correction of several readings. Furthermore, some palaeographical remarks might be able to suggest a somewhat later dating of the manuscripts in question than that proposed by Schlingloff. With regard to the title of this treatise, it follows from a historical perspective that Chandoviciti per se as a title would hardly be probable, if not impossible. In the last part of this article, light is shed on the internal diversity and inconsistency among those exemplary verses, which render it plausible that the so-called Turfan-Chandoviciti could have been a „mixed“ booklet compiled from at least four different sources which was then continuously abridged over the course of time from the very beginning of its spread along the Silk Road up to its final entry into Xinjiang.

“Band Wagon and Gravy Train”: uses and abuses along the Silk Road

Afghanistan ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-194
Author(s):  
Warwick Ball
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Ancient Trade ◽  
International Image ◽  
Academic Discussion ◽  
The Silk Road

The Silk Road as an image is a relatively new one for Afghanistan. It appeals to both the pre-Islamic and the perceived Islamic past, thus offering an Islamic balance to previous identities linked to Bamiyan or to the Kushans. It also appeals to a broader and more international image, one that has been taken up by many other countries. This paper traces the rise of the image of the Silk Road and its use as a metaphor for ancient trade to encompass all contacts throughout Eurasia, prehistoric, ancient and modern, but also how the image has been adopted and expanded into many other areas: politics, tourism and academia. It is argued here that the origin and popularity of the term lies in late 20th century (and increasingly 21st century) politics rather than any reality of ancient trade. Its consequent validity as a metaphor in academic discussion is questioned

Prospects for matching strategic directions of the intergraphic development of the Economic Union and the Economic belt of the Silk road

2020 ◽  
pp. 22-45
Author(s):  
V. Zubenko ◽  
A. Massalimova
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Donor Country ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Foreign Economic Policy ◽  
Industrial Cooperation ◽  
Economic Paradigm ◽  
Silk Road Economic Belt ◽  
Title One ◽  
The Silk Road

The accelerated economic development of China in recent decades has allowed it to accumulate the potential to multiply its influence in Eurasia and initiate a number of ambitious political and economic projects designed for the long term. The most important of these are the concepts of the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) and the 21st Century Marine Silk Road (UWB), put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping in autumn 2013 and subsequently combined under the title "One Belt — one way" as the strategy of China’s foreign economic policy, at least until 2022. Another factor behind the emergence of the SREB concept is the change in China’s foreign economic paradigm and its transition from a country attracting foreign direct investment to a donor country. Therefore, industrial cooperation is an important part of the SREB. In the negotiations of the EAEU countries with China on the integration of the EAEU and the SREB, it is necessary to take into account the interests of the industrial development of the EAEU countries, as well as the possible economic, political, operational and environmental risks that the process of interfacing with the SREB entails. It is necessary that the industrial cooperation of the EAEU countries and China be based on the principles of equality and mutual benefit.

Вклад ученых в развитие евразийской интеграции

2019 ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
М. Имазов
Keyword(s):  
Silk Road ◽  
The Silk Road

Аннотация: Статья посвящена вопросам вклада ученых в развитие Евразийской интеграции. На этом процессе, несомненно, положительно скажется ускоренное развитие региона Шелкового пути, как составной части Евразии, где особенно часто проводятся научные конференции, которые, конечно же, влияют на взаимоотношения стран самого большого континента. Ключевые слова: Евразия, диалог, конференция, форум, дипломатия, Шелковый путь, ученый, политика. Аннотация: Бул макалада Евразиялык интеграциянын өнүгүүсүндөгү окумуштуулардын салымы тууралуу баяндалат. Жибек жолундагы региондорду өнүктүрүүдө процесстин тийгизген таасири айтылат. Эң чоң континенттеги өз ара кызматташтыгынын жардамында илимий конференциялар өткөрүлүп турат. Түйүндүү сөздөр: саясат, илимпоз, диалог, Евразия, конференция, форум, Жибек жолу. Аnnotation: The article is devoted to the contribution of scientists to the development of Eurasian integration. This process will undoubtedly be positively affected by the accelerated development of the silk road region as an integral part of Eurasia, where scientific conferences are often held, which, of course, affect the relations of the countries of the largest continent. Keywords: Eurasia, dialogue, conference, forum, diplomacy, silk road, scientist, politics

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