Cumin, camels, and caravans a spice odyssey /

书目详细资料
主要作者: Nabhan, Gary Paul
企业作者: ProQuest (Firm)
其他作者: Shere, Th{acute}er{grave}ese, Mirocha, Paul
格式: 电子 电子书
语言:English
出版: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
丛编:California studies in food and culture ; 45.
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在线阅读:Full text available on ProQuest
书本目录:
  • Aromas emanating from the driest of places
  • Caravans leaving Arabia Felix
  • Uncovering hidden outposts in the desert
  • Omanis rocking the cradle of civilization
  • Mecca and the migrations of Muslim and Jewish traders
  • Going east: merging the spice routes with the Silk Roads
  • Selling your wares where the sun goes down
  • Building bridges between continents and cultures
  • From China to Africa: a steady stream of spice traders
  • The beginning of the end: Vasco da Gama and the dubious age of discovery
  • The drawbridge across the Eastern ocean.