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Silk Roads, China Ships: An exhibition of East West trade

John Vollmer and Edward John Keall and Evelyn Nagai-Berthrong

Vollmer, John; Edward John Keall; Evelyn Nagai-Berthrong;

Silk Roads, China Ships: An exhibition of East West trade

Royal Ontario Museum, 1983, 240 pages

ISBN 0888543018, 9780888543011

topics: |  china | history | ancient | medieval | silk-route

Quotation

Originally tea grew wild in Assam.  Buddhist missionaries introduced its
cultivation to other parts of East Asia.  By the 7th c. tea was grown in
China, where the custom became widespread.  Western traders learned about tea
in China in the 17th c; they soon made it an important item of global trade.
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amitabha mukerjee (mukerjee [at] gmail.com) 17 Feb 2009