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One - Theorizing Trade and Civilization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2018

Kristian Kristiansen
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Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
Thomas Lindkvist
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Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
Janken Myrdal
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Trade and Civilisation
Economic Networks and Cultural Ties, from Prehistory to the Early Modern Era
, pp. 1 - 24
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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