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Tea horse road : china\'s ancient trade road to tibet / Michael Freeman, Selena Ahmed.
One of the longest and most dramatic trade routes of the ancient world, the Tea Horse Road carried a crucial exchange for 13 centuries between China and Tibet. China needed war horses to protect its northern frontier and Tibet could supply them. When the Tibetans discovered tea in the 7th century, it became a staple of their diet, but its origins are in southwest China, and they had to trade for it. The result was a network of trails covering more than 3,000 kilometers through forests, gorges and high passes onto the Himalayan plateaus, traversed by horse, mule and yak caravans, and human porters. It linked cultures, economies and political ambitions, and lasted until the middle of the 20th century.
| Call No. | : | DS793.S6445 F74 2011 |
| Author | : | Freeman, Michael, 1945-. |
| Publisher | : | - |
| Published | : | 2020 |
| Category | : | - |
| Page | : | 332 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map ; 30 cm |
| Language | : | - |
| Link | : | - |
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