Silk Road : a new history (Record no. 43346)
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ISBN | 9780199471751 |
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Classification number | 950.1 |
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Personal name | Hansen, Valerie, |
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Title | Silk Road : a new history |
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Place of publication | Oxford ; |
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Name of publisher | Oxford University Press, |
Year of publication | c2012. |
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Number of Pages | xi, 304 p., [16] p. of plates : |
Other physical details | ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; |
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General note | 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 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 history.<br/><br/>In The Silk Road, Valerie Hansen describes the remarkable archaeological finds that revolutionize our understanding of these trade routes. For millennia, key records remained hidden—often deliberately buried by bureaucrats for safe keeping. But the sands of the Taklamakan Desert have revealed |
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Topical Term | Historic sites |
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Topical Term | Trade routes |
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Koha item type | BK |
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Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 08/03/2017 | 695.00 | 950.1 HAN/S | 44183 | BK |