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Silk, Scents, And Spice: Retracing the World's Great Trade Routes,the Silk Road, the Spice Route, the Incense Trail
 
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Silk, Scents, And Spice: Retracing the World's Great Trade Routes,the Silk Road, the Spice Route, the Incense Trail [Hardcover]

John Lawton (Author), Nik Wheeler (Photographer), Tor Eigeland (Photographer), Bill Lyons (Photographer)

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October 30, 2005
Besides exotic merchandise, these routes also carried new ideas and religions vast distances. And as pathways of conquering armies and armadas they helped shape the history of the word. To highlight the importance of these routes in the development of humanity, UNESCO organized a series of land and sea expeditions along them, retracing the Silk Road, the Spice Route and the Incense Trail throughout history and around the world. Sommaire : Map of Silk, Scents and Spice Routes; The Silk road : The Royal Road, The Golden Road, Mountain Passage, The Steppe Route, The Imperial Highway; The Spice Route : The Red Sea, The Arabian Sea, The Indian Ocean, The Spice Islands, Spice Glossary; The incense trail.

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John Lawton was a foreign correspondent for 25 years, based in Istanbul, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Brussels, Vienna, London and Rome. He now travels the works as a freelance author and filmmaker. Lawton has written three books, and produced two television documentaries and a DVD on the Silk Road, Spice Route, and Incense Trail.

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