The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran
Subtitle: Silk for Silver, 16001730 (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521028448
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Distributive industries; Middle East - Iran; History - General History; History; History: World; Middle East; Commerce; Economic History; Business & Economics-Commerce; Business & Economics-Economic History; History / Middle East; Silk industry--Iran--Economic aspects; Silk industry--Iran--Economic aspects Silk in; Middle East - General
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.