the emerald in the age of gunpowder empires Lane, Kris E. 1967- creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. ctu New Haven [Conn.] Yale University Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

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xiv, 280 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) For the Mughals, Ottomans, and Safavids green was, as it remains for all Muslims, the color of Paradise, reserved for the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants. Tapping a wide range of sources, Kris Lane traces the complex web of global trading networks that funneled emeralds from backland South America to populous Asian capitals between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries. Lane reveals the bloody conquest wars and forced labor regimes that accompanied their production. It is a story of trade, but also of transformations, how members of profoundly different societies at opposite ends of the globe assigned value to a few thousand pounds of imperfectly shiny green rocks. Kris Lane. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. e-sp--- s-ck--- e-po--- Emeralds Spain Colonies History Emeralds Colombia History Inquisition Spain Inquisition Portugal TN997.E5 L36 2010eb 553.8/609 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10579322 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10579322 CaPaEBR 090710 ebr10579322