> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howard Brazee" <howard at brazee.net> > > Do Dragaera and the East compete economically? What kind of relationship > > do they have with each other economically? --- "Jeff G." <Log0n5150 at hotmail.com> wrote: > There is mention of horse trading (and theft!) as well as peppers. Vlad buys > spices grown in the East (or so he believes), so the Easterners must trade > with their homelands as well. No mention of what the East takes as trade, we > know that diamonds do not seem to have a high value. If you are referring to the Treaty of the Pepperfields, I don't think the Easterners knew that Sandyhome had diamonds: Khaavren: "He [Crionofenarr] will surrender to the Empire certain lands some forty or fifty leagues to the north, which are held by Easterners, but are of no possible value to him, save for their location. [...] A place of shifting sand, where nothing grows except plants too stringy to eat, and nothing live save the poisonous yendi. In our tongue, we call it Sandyhome." Adron's eyes widened as he realized what the Tiassa had just proposed [...] (The Phoenix Guards, Chapter the Thirtieth, page 378 in the Tor paperback, first mass-market printing: June 1992) -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com