The Steppe and the Sea: Pearls in the Mongol Empire - Encounters with Asia - Thomas T. Allsen - Books - University of Pennsylvania Press - 9780812251173 - June 7, 2019
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The Steppe and the Sea: Pearls in the Mongol Empire - Encounters with Asia

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In Thomas T. Allsen's analysis, pearls illuminate Mongolian exceptionalism in steppe history, the interconnections between overland and seaborne trade, recurrent patterns in the employment of luxury goods in the political cultures of empires, and the consequences of such goods for local and regional economies.


240 pages, 9 illus.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 7, 2019
ISBN13 9780812251173
Publishers University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages 240
Dimensions 240 × 161 × 23 mm   ·   534 g

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