The Carpet Wars; From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
by Kremmer, Christopher
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0002006448
- ISBN 13
- 9780002006446
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Synopsis
A travel book about the cultural signifigance of carpets in the republics of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, and the Central Asian republics. The people are born on carpets, pray on carpets, and carpets are draped over tombs, as well as used as currency throughout history. Christopher Kremmer spent 10 years as a journalist in the region, and his bookis full of fascinating anecdotes and interviews that provide a glimpse into the traditional customs of this tumultuous region of the world.
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155145
- Title
- The Carpet Wars; From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
- Author
- Kremmer, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0002006448
- ISBN 13
- 9780002006446
- Publisher
- Harper Flamingo Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- January 2000
- Keywords
- Travel, Trade Routes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure;
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