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=== Piecing together the Silk Road through Palimpsests === | === Piecing together the Silk Road through Palimpsests === | ||
The Silk Road (describing the ancient trade path, not the cryptocurrency fueled marketplace of the same name) is much like the internet of the past: it had massive influence in the lives of every nation and often every individual involved, yet very little survives of what actually went on in that time period beyond a few legends, records, and archeological artifacts | The Silk Road (describing the ancient trade path, not the cryptocurrency fueled marketplace of the same name) is much like the internet of the past: it had massive influence in the lives of every nation and often every individual involved, yet very little survives of what actually went on in that time period beyond a few legends, records, and archeological artifacts. This poses a massive memory hole for a historian to comprehend, and therefore must enter the realm of archeology. | ||
Valerie Hansen's "The Silk Road" describes how despite all the odds, it was possible to | Valerie Hansen's "The Silk Road" describes how despite all the odds, it was possible to reconstruct scraps of litigation documents embedded in paper dolls or textiles. These "palimpsests" as they are known, record crucial aspects of life and from the viewpoint of the judge and jury. | ||
[https://books.google.com/books?id=FDdRDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22lawsuit%22+silk+road+iranian+%22merchant%22&source=bl&ots=6Alixl15LX&sig=ACfU3U0-QGp_6a5U0iKicFmjvyNrVe3iyg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiltJTuifXkAhUEm-AKHT-GAYEQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22lawsuit%22%20silk%20road%20iranian%20%22merchant%22&f=false The Silk Road, by Valerie Hansen] | [https://books.google.com/books?id=FDdRDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22lawsuit%22+silk+road+iranian+%22merchant%22&source=bl&ots=6Alixl15LX&sig=ACfU3U0-QGp_6a5U0iKicFmjvyNrVe3iyg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiltJTuifXkAhUEm-AKHT-GAYEQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22lawsuit%22%20silk%20road%20iranian%20%22merchant%22&f=false The Silk Road, by Valerie Hansen] | ||
[[Category:Law]] | [[Category:Law]] |