The Silk Road: A New History
by Hansen, Valerie
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Oxford: Oxford U. P., 2012. 1st edition. New book. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 304pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, notes, bibliog., index, ÔThe Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was different, and far more interesting, as revealed in this new historyÕ
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- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
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- Title
- The Silk Road: A New History
- Author
- Hansen, Valerie
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford U. P.
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- octavo
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