Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat [1 ed.] 9780520303638

Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat 9780520972780

The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we cons

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Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat [1 ed.] 0520379268, 9780520379268

"A comprehensive and entertaining historical and botanical review, providing an enjoyable and cognitive read.”—Natu

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The Prehistory of the Silk Road 9780812292336

In ancient and medieval times, the Silk Road was of great importance to the transport of peoples, goods, and ideas betwe

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Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road 9781440858291, 9781440858284, 1440858292

Artifacts from the Ancient Silk Road explores the interconnectivity of the Eurasian continent from 4000 BCE to 1000 CE.

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We eat what?: a cultural encyclopedia of unusual foods in the United States 9781440841125, 9781440841118, 1440841128

Many of the foods we eat every day are unique to the regions of the United States in which we live. New Englanders enjoy

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The King’s Road: Diplomacy and the Remaking of the Silk Road 9780691243207

An exciting and richly detailed new history of the Silk Road that tells how it became more important as a route for dipl

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Famine Foods: Plants We Eat to Survive 0816542252, 9780816542253

How people eat today is a record of food use through the ages&;and not just the decadent, delicious foods but the le

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The Metal Road of the Eastern Eurasian Steppe: The Formation of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road 9813291540, 9789813291546

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The Metal Road of the Eastern Eurasian Steppe: The Formation of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road 9789813291553, 9813291559

This book is one of the first to systematically explore cultural interactions between the Northern Zone of China and the

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Civilizations of the Silk Road 9781000886290, 9781032439990, 9781032440057, 9781003369899, 1000886298

This book describes the interactions between various civilizations and societies along the Silk Road between 500 BCE and

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