When archaeologists work to understand an ancient civilization, - TopicsExpress



          

When archaeologists work to understand an ancient civilization, they often use that civilization’s texts to get a clue as to how they saw themselves. But these people didn’t live in isolation. They traded; they invaded. They carried inventions and knowledge back and forth down the Silk Road, the Tea Road and Roman roads. They also, sometimes, wrote down what they thought of each other. Read more: blogs.smithsonianmag/smartnews/2013/09/how-third-century-china-saw-rome-a-land-ruled-by-minor-kings/#ixzz2fyArv6N2 Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 04:24:36 +0000

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