- Chapter 6. Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350 bce-250 ce
- Political Expansion and Cultural Diffusion
- The Emergence of a Cosmopolitan World
- Conquests of Alexander the Great
- Alexander's Successors and the Territorial Kingdoms
- Hellenistic Culture
- Jewish Resistance to Hellenism
- Roman Hellenism and the Beginnings of the Roman Empire
- Carthage
- Economic Changes and Mediterranean Unity: Plantation Slavery and Money- Based Economies
- Converging Influences in Central and South Asia
- Influences from the Mauryan Empire (321-184 BCE)
- The Seleucid Empire and Greek Influences
- The Kingdom of Bactria and the Yavanna Kings
- Nomadic Influences of Parthians, Sakas, and Kushans
- The Transformation of Buddhism
- India as a Spiritual Crossroads
- The New Buddhism: The Mahayana School
- Cultural Integration
- The Formation of the Silk Road
- Nomads, Frontiers, and Trade Routes
- Early Overland Trade and Caravan Cities
- The Western End of the Silk Road: Palmyra
- Reaching China along the Silk Road
- The Spread of Buddhism along the Trade Routes
- Taking to the Seas: Commerce on the Red Sea and Indian Ocean
- Conclusion
- Study Questions
- Further Readings
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