Sky Blue Stone : The Turquoise Trade in World History /

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This book traces the journeys of a stone across the world. From its remote point of origin in the city of Nishapur in eastern Iran, turquoise was traded through India, Central Asia, and the Near East, becoming an object of imperial exchange between the Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman empires. Along thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Khazeni, Arash
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Handel
Türkis
Turquoise.
Mines and mineral resources.
Mineral industries.
NATURE > Rocks & Minerals.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Turquoise (Mineralogie) > Histoire.
Mines and mineral resources > History.
Mineral industries > History.
Turquoise > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A List of illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction : The turquoise ring of the Emperor Jahangir
  • 1. The colored earth
  • 2. Turquoise, trade, and empire in early modern Eurasia
  • 3. The turquoise of Islam
  • 4. Stone from the East
  • 5. The other side of the world
  • Epilogue : Indian stone.

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