ARMENIA AND ARMENIANS ON THE SILK ROAD IN THE 17th CENTURY (ACCORDING TO TRAVEL DIARIES OF THE FRENCH MERCHANT JEAN-BAPTISTE TAVERNIER)
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Abstract
This article deals with the commercial and religious activities of Armenian people in the 17th century in the territories of modern states such as Armenia, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Iran; determines the level of involvement in intermediary trade between Europe and Asia; explores the reliability of Tavernier’s diaries to compare his description with modern data.
How to Cite
Shevchenko, O. (2021). ARMENIA AND ARMENIANS ON THE SILK ROAD IN THE 17th CENTURY (ACCORDING TO TRAVEL DIARIES OF THE FRENCH MERCHANT JEAN-BAPTISTE TAVERNIER). Chinese Studies, (1), 115-124. Retrieved from https://chinese-studies.com.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/72
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Keywords
Armenia, Silk Road, One Belt One Road, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, commerce, religion, Persia, Middle East
References
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James Augustus St. (1831), The Lives of Celebrated travellers, Volume 1, H. Colburn and R. Bently.
Alam Muzaffar (2010), Indo-Persian travels in the age of discoveries, 1400–1800, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Gen. V. A. Potto (2006), The Caucasian Wars of Russia from the 16th century onward, Volumes 1–5, Saint Peterburg.
Khudobashev A. M. (1859), Obozrenie Armenii v geograficheskom, istoricheskom I literaturnom otnosheniyah, Tipografiya II otdeleniya Ye. I. V. Kanceliarii, Saint-Peterburg. (In Russian).