Scent from the Garden of Paradise : : musk and the Medieval Islamic world / / by Anya H. King.
Since antiquity, musk has been a valued perfume and medicine. Because the musk deer only lives in Central Eurasia, people in other locations had to trade for its musk. For medieval Islamic civilization, musk became the most important of all aromatics. The musk trade thus illuminates the nature of me...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2017] |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islamic History and Civilization
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (455 pages) :; illustrations. |
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