Canvas tent flaps flutter in the desert wind. Merchants entreat passers buy to sample their wares. Silks from the East, Spices from the South, figs and dates from the North, and stranger wares from more foreign climes. Hawkers declaim the virtues of their goods in Arabic, Greek, and Pahlavi. Ox-driven carts heavy with goods and gold trundle through the packed streets. Street performers, poets, ... [click here for more] |
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