There and back : twelve of the great routes of human history / Stewart Gordon.
Gordon, Stewart, 1945- author.
2018
HE323 .G67 2018 (Mapit)
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Title There and back : twelve of the great routes of human history / Stewart Gordon.
Author Gordon, Stewart, 1945- author.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780199476459 (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.
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