The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran
Subtitle: Silk for Silver, 16001730 (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521641319
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Distributive industries; Textile And Clothing Industries (Economic Aspects); International Trade; History; History - General History; Silk industry; History: World; Middle East; Iran; Economic History; Middle East - Iran; Business & Economics-Economic History; History / Middle East; Silk industry--Iran--Economic aspects; Industries - General; Middle East - General; Economic aspects
First sentence: Iran and silk have been linked since the inception of the Silk Road, the commercial trail that connected the Chinese city of Lo-yang on the Yellow River with the ports of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean from antiquity to Mongol times.