丝绸之路与泛第三极地区人类活动、环境变化和丝路文明兴衰

Human Activities, Environmental Changes, and Rise and Decline of Silk Road Civilization in Pan-Third Pole Region

泛第三极地区主要包括了青藏高原和其北侧的亚洲内陆干旱区,西至高加索等山脉,东至黄土高原西部。该区地处欧亚大陆腹地,是史前和历史时期东西方交流的主要通道,不同民族和多种文化历经了复杂而长期的接触、交流、冲突、融合和沉淀,开辟了东西方文明交流的便利通道,深刻地影响了人类文明发展的进程。研究泛第三极地区人类扩散、人类活动、环境变化和丝路文明兴衰及其相互关系,分析这一关键区域的社会环境发展规律,对于增强丝绸之路沿线各国的历史文化认同、揭示丝绸之路沿线地区的自然和社会演变规律,具有十分重要的理论与现实意义,同时也将为绿色丝绸之路建设提供历史借鉴和决策参考。泛第三极地区人类活动历史、文明演化过程及其与环境变化的相互作用应当成为我国的重点研究领域。

The Third Pole Region mainly includes the Tibetan Plateau and the arid central Asia, spanning from the Caucasus mountains to the Loess plateau. Located in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent, different ethnic groups and cultures in this area experienced complex and long-term contact, communication, fusion, and sedimentary accretion, opening up a convenient channel for exchanges between Eastern and Western civilizations, profoundly influencing the development process of human civilization. Study on the human activities, change of environment and their relationship between the rise and fall of the Silk Road, and analysis of social environment development of this key area,will benefit the countries along the Silk Road to built mutual trust and cultural identity. Such study has very important theoretical and practical significance, providing the historical reference for the construction of green Silk Road.