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Bulliet, Richard W.

Cotton, climate, and camels in early Islamic Iran : a moment in world history/Richard W. Bulliet.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-14836-8 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-14837-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-51987-8 (ebook)

1. Cotton

trade—Iran—History.  2. Agriculture—Economic aspects—Iran—History.  3. Iran—Commerce—History.  4. Iran—History.  I. Title.

HD9086.I72B85 2009
955′.026—dc22 2009007513

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