Commodity and exchange in the Mongol Empire a cultural history of Islamic textiles

Thomas Allsen investigates the significance of cloth and colour in the political cultures of Islam, Iran, the steppe peoples, and China, thereby illuminating the cultural dynamics which condition the act of borrowing. His conclusion places the transmission of Muslim textiles and clothing culture to...

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Main Author: Allsen, Thomas T. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002
Series:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
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