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The dissertation focuses on a small community of Armenian silk merchants from New Julfa, Isfahan who had established a global network of commercial settlements, spanning from London and Amsterdam to Manila and Acapulco. It examines many issues, including the impact of long dista…

Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, both Austria and Persia were each repeatedly at war with the Ottoman Turks. Diplomats travelled between the two countries in an attempt to forge an alliance against their common enemy. Although the alliance never materialized the relations…