Inventions and Trade The Silk and Spice Routes

Name: Inventions and Trade The Silk and Spice Routes
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ISBN: 9780027263169

ISBN-10: 0027263169

ISBN-13: 9780027263169

Edition: N/A

Authors: Struan Reid

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"East meets West explores how and why trade between eastern and western cultures took place, and its influences.

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: Silver Burdett Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 48
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Map of the Silk and Spice Routes



The Paths of Innovation


An Exchange of Riches


Technology, Civilization, and Empire



The Necessities of Trade


Overland Travel


Sea Transport


Finding the Way


Recording Information


Weighing and Paying



The Maintenance of Empire


Keeping the Road Open


Arms and Warfare



Producing the Goods


Food for All


The Mystery of Metals


Glass and Ceramics


Spinning and Weaving


The Queen of Fibers



Ways of Scientific Exchange


Observing the Skies


Mathematics


Alchemy and Chemistry


Health and Medicine



A Revolution in Technology


The Shift from East to West


A World of Traders


A Silk and Spice Routes Time Chart


Glossary


Index