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328 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780190218423
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 August 2015
Description
The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality...
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328 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780190218423
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 August 2015
Description
The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality...