This paper inspects the terracotta pig-shaped figurine rattles unearthed from Cyprus that were made in ancient Greece style during the times from CA 3rd to 1st BC, which are now in the possession of the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of America. The following traces the evolution and the features of the style of the rattles as children’s toys, which were discovered in areas from the Mediterranean to China, Siberia, and the Far East from the periods of 2000 years ago to the present. Finally, it explores the multiple connotations of the “children's space” along the Silk Road during the 2000 years, as well as to understand the exchanges and mutual learning of the human civilizations for their development, and the world created by the human community with a shared future.

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“Children’s Space” Along the Silk Road: Start Talking About Terracotta Pig-Shaped Rattle Unearthed in Cyprus

  • Ming Wan

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This paper inspects the terracotta pig-shaped figurine rattles unearthed from Cyprus that were made in ancient Greece style during the times from CA 3rd to 1st BC, which are now in the possession of the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of America. The following traces the evolution and the features of the style of the rattles as children’s toys, which were discovered in areas from the Mediterranean to China, Siberia, and the Far East from the periods of 2000 years ago to the present. Finally, it explores the multiple connotations of the “children's space” along the Silk Road during the 2000 years, as well as to understand the exchanges and mutual learning of the human civilizations for their development, and the world created by the human community with a shared future.