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Trade and Contemporary Society along the Silk Road

Trade and Contemporary Society along the Silk Road

Jacqueline H. Fewkes

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2008
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Historia de Asia
ISBN:
9780415775557

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This book analyses the trade system in Ladakh (India), a busy entrepôt for Silk Route trade between Central and South Asia. The author’s research combines anthropological, historical, and archaeological methods of investigation to present a cultural history of South/Central Asia.

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