Book 10. (1 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 10 | 4 | It was View more quotes about called">called the Silk War because, at that time, Turian silk first began to be imported in bulk to the Tahari communities, and northward to Tor and Kasra, thence to Ar, and points north and west. |
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Book 10. (7 results) Tribesmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 10 | 1 | Hassan Departs From the Oasis of Two Scimitars The oasis of Two Scimitars is an out-of-the-way oasis, under the hegemony of the Bakahs, which, for more than two hundred years, following their defeat in the Silk War of 8,110 C. |
| 10 | 2 | , has been a vassal tribe of the Kavars. |
| 10 | 3 | The Silk War was a war for the control of certain caravan routes, for the rights to levy raider tribute on journeying merchants. |
| 10 | 4 | It was called the Silk War because, at that time, Turian silk first began to be imported in bulk to the Tahari communities, and northward to Tor and Kasra, thence to Ar, and points north and west. |
| 10 | 5 | Raider tribute, it might be noted, is no longer commonly levied in the Tahari. |
| 10 | 6 | Rather, with the control of watering points at the oasis, it is unnecessary. |
| 10 | 7 | To these points must come caravans. |
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Hassan Departs From the Oasis of Two Scimitars The oasis of Two Scimitars is an out-of-the-way oasis, under the hegemony of the Bakahs, which, for more than two hundred years, following their defeat in the Silk War of 8,110 C.
, has been a vassal tribe of the Kavars.
The Silk War was a war for the control of certain caravan routes, for the rights to levy raider tribute on journeying merchants.
It was called the Silk War because, at that time, Turian silk first began to be imported in bulk to the Tahari communities, and northward to Tor and Kasra, thence to Ar, and points north and west.
Raider tribute, it might be noted, is no longer commonly levied in the Tahari.
Rather, with the control of watering points at the oasis, it is unnecessary.
To these points must come caravans.
- (Tribesmen of Gor)