There and back : twelve of the great routes of human history / Stewart Gordon.
2018
HE323 .G67 2018 (Mapit)
Available at General Collection
Items
Details
Title
There and back : twelve of the great routes of human history / Stewart Gordon.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780199476459 (hardcover)
0199476454 (hardcover)
0199476454 (hardcover)
Published
New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press 2018.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Call Number
HE323 .G67 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
388
Summary
Throughout human history, routes concentrated, funnelled, and mixed human experience. On them moved books, scrolls, and art, in addition to armies, ambassadorial entourages, slaves, brides, and pilgrims. The interaction of people on routes generated surprising innovations in ideas, religions, art, technology, and cuisine. Common themes appear repeatedly, such as slavery, piracy, government taxation and control, medicinal plants, military expeditions, the interaction of competing religions, processing of goods along the way, and networks of credit, trust, and information that often spanned continents.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
River routes
Pilgrimage routes
Tribute routes
Trade routes
Pilgrimage routes
Tribute routes
Trade routes