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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Khazeni, Arash
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Series:California world history library ; 20.
Subjects:
Turquoise > History.
Mineral industries > History.
Mines and mineral resources > History.
Turquoise (Minéralogie) > Histoire.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
NATURE > Rocks & Minerals.
Mineral industries.
Mines and mineral resources.
Turquoise.
Türkis
Handel
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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