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There and back : twelve of the great routes of human history / Stewart Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Stewart, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- History.
- Travelers.
- Trade routes.
- Transportation geography.
- Overland Trails--History.
- Overland Trails.
- Silk Road--History.
- Silk Road.
- Camino de Santiago de Compostela--History.
- Camino de Santiago de Compostela.
- Qhapaq Ñan--History.
- Qhapaq Ñan.
- Qhapaq NÌan--History.
- Qhapaq NÌan.
- Transportation geography--History.
- Trade routes--History.
- Ocean travel--History.
- Ocean travel.
- Travelers--History.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--History.
- Voyages and travels.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 265 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press 2018.
- 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. 0.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780199476459
- 0199476454
- OCLC:
- 1019649804
- Publisher Number:
- 99976912872
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