Periodic Reporting for period 4 - BaSaR (Beyond the Silk Road: Economic Development, Frontier Zones and Inter-Imperiality in the Afro-Eurasian World Region, 300 BCE to 300 CE)

The Silk Road, allegedly channelling large volumes of precious commodities from East to West, is often seen as an ancient precursor of modern globalization. Yet the Silk Road paradigm comes with a heavy colonial burden as well as a number of misconceptions about past economic...