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Abulafia, David Ceceri, Kathy. Easterbrook, Gregg Frankopan, Peter Major, John S. Morse, Eric W.Major, John S.
Summary: Traces the history and purpose of the legendary trade route between China and Byzantium during the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906).
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 950.1 MAJCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 950.1 MAJAbulafia, David
Summary: "David Abulafia's new book guides readers along the world's greatest bodies of water to reveal their primary role in human history. The main protagonists are the three major oceans-the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian-which together comprise the majority of the earth's water and cover over half of its surface. Over time, as passage through them gradually extended and expanded, linking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.46 ABUCeceri, Kathy.
Summary: Describes the history, geography, culture, and people of the legendary trade route that extended between China and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 950 CECEasterbrook, Gregg
Summary: "The United States has by far the most powerful naval fleet in the world. Other nations are not even trying to keep up. This has enabled America to stand sentinel over crucial waterways like the Strait of Malacca, ensuring safe passage of goods with little interruption. But we are entering a new era. What will happen if the US does not keep spending resources on improving trade between other...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359 EASFrankopan, Peter
Summary: "Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the growth of Greece and Rome to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 909 FRAMorse, Eric W.
Summary: Defines historical fur-trade canoe routes, linking them where necessary with modern landmarks and roads, and describing their general condition today where they have been changed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Toronto Press 1979