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Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road; and Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road
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Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road. Edited by Joan Aruz and Elisabetta Valtz Fino. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Symposia. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012. Pp. viii + 134, illus. $35 (paper). [Distributed by Yale University Press]
Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road. By Frank L. Holt. Hellenistic Culture and Society, vol. 53. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2012. Pp. xxi + 343, illus. $39.95.
Title: Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road; and Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road
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Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road.
Edited by Joan Aruz and Elisabetta Valtz Fino.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Symposia.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.
Pp.
viii + 134, illus.
$35 (paper).
[Distributed by Yale University Press]
Afghanistan: Forging Civilizations along the Silk Road.
By Frank L.
Holt.
Hellenistic Culture and Society, vol.
53.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2012.
Pp.
xxi + 343, illus.
$39.
95.
.
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