The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
by Kremmer, Christopher
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060097329
- ISBN 13
- 9780060097325
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Synopsis
A travel book about the cultural signifigance of carpets in the republics of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, and the Central Asian republics. The people are born on carpets, pray on carpets, and carpets are draped over tombs, as well as used as currency throughout history. Christopher Kremmer spent 10 years as a journalist in the region, and his bookis full of fascinating anecdotes and interviews that provide a glimpse into the traditional customs of this tumultuous region of the world.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026009
- Title
- The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes
- Author
- Kremmer, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060097329
- ISBN 13
- 9780060097325
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- HISTORY, MIDDLE EAST KABUL TALIBAN KANDAHAR PESHAWAR BAGHDAD TAJIKISTAN KASHMIR ESFAHAN AFGHANISTAN DELHI ISLAM ISLAMABAD MUSLIMS PAKISTAN PERSIA SHIAS UZBEKS UN
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Middle East;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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