Arash Khazeni: 1 book
Sky Blue Stone
The Turquoise Trade in World History
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014
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 between the Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman empires. Along this...
