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The Carpet Wars From Kabul to Baghdad A Ten Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes 1st Edition by Christopher Kremmer ISBN 0060098686 9780060098681

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Author(s): Christopher Kremmer
ISBN(s): 9780060098681, 0060098686
Edition: 1st American ed
File Details: PDF, 3.22 MB
Year: 2002
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0060098686 

ISBN 13: 9780060098681

Author: Christopher Kremmer

A journalist retraces the ancient “carpet routes” through South Asia, taking readers across Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq in search of a long-dead Islamic civilization and exploring how militarism, terrorism, and Islamic fundamentalism are affecting the culture and economy of the region.

Table of contents:

Part One: Kabul

  • The Rug Merchant of Kabul

  • Elephant’s Foot

  • A Day in the Countryside

  • Happy Fire

Part Two: The Road to Balkh

  • The Red Carpet

  • Great Game

  • The Mother of Cities

  • The Taliban Cometh

  • Across the Amu Darya

Part Three: Kandahar

  • Habib is Habib

  • Heroes and Villains

  • The Lost Tribe

  • Capital Punishment

Part Four: Peshawar

  • Cruise Control

  • Khyber Bazaar

  • Violence by Degree

  • The Siege of Attock Fort

Part Five: Baghdad

  • Late for the War

  • Tyranny, Hypocrisy, Bastardry and Confusion

  • The Sheikh with One Million Camels

  • Babylon

Part Six: Tajikistan

  • Tragic Tajiks

  • A Warlord’s Holiday

  • Children of Adam and Eve

Part Seven: Kashmir

  • Fire on the Lake

  • The Pashmina ‘Conspiracy’

  • An Afghan in Delhi

  • The Good Shepherds

Part Eight: The Desert of Hell

  • The Gypsy Kilim

  • Death of the Nomads

  • A Prayer for Bad Roads

Part Nine: Esfahan

  • Carpet Nation

  • Teahouse of the Misfit Moon

  • The Gates of Paradise

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