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02028aam a2200409 i 4500 001 8EDDAA2C961911E8A89F3E0097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180802010035 008 180110t20182018ii ab b 001 0 eng c 020 $a 0199476454 020 $a 9780199476459 035 $a (OCoLC)1033686453 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d IQU $d OCLCF $d EQO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a HE323 G67 2018 100 1 $a Gordon, Stewart, $d 1945- $e author. 245 10 $a There and back : $b twelve of the great routes of human history / $c Stewart Gordon. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New Delhi, India : $b Oxford University Press $c 2018. 300 $a xiv, 265 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a 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. 650 0 $a Transportation geography $x History. 650 0 $a Trade routes $x History. 651 0 $a Overland Trails $x History. 650 0 $a Ocean travel $x History. 650 0 $a Travelers $x History. 650 0 $a Pilgrims and pilgrimages $x History. 651 0 $a Silk Road $x History. 651 0 $a Camino de Santiago de Compostela $x History. 651 0 $a Qhapaq NÌan $x History. 650 0 $a Voyages and travels. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117011823.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180905045855.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8EDDAA2C961911E8A89F3E0097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search