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View ArticleThe Silk Roads (Critical Concepts in Asian Studies) by various authors
The Silk Roads (Critical Concepts in Asian Studies) Hardcover– 8 Jul 2016by Barbara MeisterernstHardcover: 1702 pagesPublisher: Routledge (8 July 2016)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1138015504The areas...
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View ArticlePeter Frankopan - The Silk Roads: Questioning the Eurocentric view of history
LJMU's National Identity Lecture Series in association with the Centre for Port and Maritime History and the Centre for the Study of International Slavery presents Dr Peter Frankopan - The Silk Roads:...
View ArticleEarly Chinese settlers in Cape Breton (Canada) by Paul Chiasson
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