本书介绍"丝绸之路"这条中国古代经由中亚通往南亚、西亚以及欧洲、北非的陆上贸易交往的通道。在物质文明交流的同时，通过丝绸之路的人员往来和文化交流也一直没有间断。藉此，中国、印度、西亚和希腊罗马四大古代文明有了直接的交流和影响。（Maritime Silk Road was named officially in 1967. In the 1990s, the UNESCO organized a survey of Maritime. As a matter of fact, it was a road of ceramics, silk, perfume and tea, covering many fields such as Chinese history of ports, shipbuilding, sea navigation, overseas trade, migration, religion, internationalrelations, and Sino-foreign exchange of science, technology and culture. The road linked Asia, Europe, Africa, America and Oceania.）