Sky Blue Stone: The Turquoise Trade in World History by Arash Khazeni

Sky Blue Stone: The Turquoise Trade in World History

Arash Khazeni

216 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

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This book traces the journeys of a stone across the world. From its remote point of origin in the city of Nishapur in eastern Iran, turquoise was traded through India, Central Asia, and the Near East, becoming an object of imperial exchange betwee...

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