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Justinian and the International Silk Trade

By Feltham H.B.

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Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1251299 bytes)
Pages
\40
Topic
History
Library
twirpx
Time added
2017-08-07 07:01:42
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania, Sino-Platonic Papers, Number 194 November 2009. - p. 1-40In this study the researcher looking at three aspects of the international silk trade as it affected Justinian’s Byzantium in the mid-sixth century: the introduction of sericulture, the availability of draw-loom technology, and Procopius’ allegation that Justinian bankrupted the Syrian silk merchants by a policy of price-cutting at a time when the Persians had raised the price of silk.

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