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Pixie
is on page 470 of 636
This book becomes overwhelming when it comes to late 19th century & 20th century historical facts. I am just up to about 1979 now with the author's central thesis about everything revolving around the original silk trading routes and it's like a refresher in very recent history.....the silk trade has now become the 'black gold' of the oil reserves war in the middle east....
— Mar 07, 2018 08:19AM
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Pixie
is on page 148 of 636
In-depth reading but good stuff & the viewpoint is quite non-eurocentric which is refreshing; I am learning a lot about the spread of multiple religions in the middle east area as linked to trade routes, all good stuff so far (even find myself looking at the footnotes!).
— Jan 01, 2018 05:24AM
