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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-11 - Publisher: Pen and Sword
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Language: en
Pages: 169
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
The ancient trade routes that made up the Silk Road were some of the great conduits of cultural and material exchange in world history. In this intriguing book,
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Pages: 897
Pages: 897
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-03-17 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own. This is the first volume in a bold series that te
Language: en
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Pages: 416
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