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Travelling the Incense Route: From Arabia to the Levant in the Footsteps of the Magi
Barbara Toy
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Description for Travelling the Incense Route: From Arabia to the Levant in the Footsteps of the Magi
Paperback. The Incense Route is one of the most ancient and important highways in the world. The author set out to travel the length of this long-forgotten route at a time of particular turbulence in the region. This book offers both an account of intrepid travel and a portrait of Arabia. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16pp bw plate section. BIC Classification: 1FB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 228.
The Incense Route is one of the most ancient and important highways in the world. It was once a rival to the Silk Road, at a time when faith in the mystic power of incense was at its height and its traffic - frankincense and myrrh, spices from India, gold and exotic African animal skins - was the lifeblood of the countries through which it passed. Barbara Toy set out to travel the length of this long-forgotten route at a time of particular turbulence in the region and became the first western woman to have made the journey. Beginning in ... Read more
The Incense Route is one of the most ancient and important highways in the world. It was once a rival to the Silk Road, at a time when faith in the mystic power of incense was at its height and its traffic - frankincense and myrrh, spices from India, gold and exotic African animal skins - was the lifeblood of the countries through which it passed. Barbara Toy set out to travel the length of this long-forgotten route at a time of particular turbulence in the region and became the first western woman to have made the journey. Beginning in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845119959
SKU
V9781845119959
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Barbara Toy
Barbara Toy was a well-known traveller and explorer. Elected a fellow of the RGS for her visits to Iceland, Yugoslavia, Greece and Lebanon, she later became the first Westerner to set foot on the summit of Mount Wahni in Ethiopia and received the Rover Award (an award granted only once before) for her transit of North Africa from the Niger ... Read more
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