There and back : twelve of the great routes of human history
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2018Description: xiv, 265 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780199476459
- 900 GOR-T
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384.53 JEF-G The great Indian phone book : | 385.0954 CHA-P The purveyors of destiny : | 385.0954 DEB-I Indian railways : | 388 GOR-T There and back : | 388.324 LEV-D Data driven : | 388.4 WEL-D Disrupting D.C. : the rise of Uber and the fall of the city | 388.409 CHO-C City of men : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Throughout human history, routes concentrated, funnelled, and mixed human experience. On them moved books, scrolls, and art, in addition to armies, ambassadorial entourages, slaves, brides, and pilgrims. The interaction of people on routes generated surprising innovations in ideas, religions, art, technology, and cuisine. Common themes appear repeatedly, such as slavery, piracy, government taxation and control, medicinal plants, military expeditions, the interaction of competing religions, processing of goods along the way, and networks of credit, trust, and information that often spanned continents. 0.
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