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Extremely well-written, engaging account of the global (Eurasian) system of the first century CE through the eyes/experience of the chief powerbrokers of the era, mainly those in Rome, Judea, Parthia, China. From their perspectives, the continental mechanisms of exchange that were emerging offered considerable reward even as they required considerable regulation and supervision. The biographic approach allows the author to cast light on the cultural underpinnings as well as the political and mil
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