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The Steppe and the Sea: Pearls in the Mongol Empire

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The Steppe and the Sea: Pearls in the Mongol Empire - Allsen, Thomas T
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In Thomas T. Allsen's analysis, pearls illuminate Mongolian exceptionalism in steppe history, the interconnections between overland and seaborne trade, recurrent patterns in the employment of luxury goods in the political cultures of empires, and the consequences of such goods for local and regional economies.

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The Steppe and the Sea: Pearls in the Mongol Empire 2019, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia

ISBN-13: 9780812251173

Hardcover