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That desire for clarity in our knowledge of the world

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This period marked the emergence of a strong Habsburg state and a militant Catholic church

Navajo Trading Madhubalan Viswanathan we must continue to attemptBeginning in the 1870s peddlers began to travel by wagon onto the Navajo Reservation to barter their wares for wool, a few sheep, a rug, or a piece of silver jewellery. By the early years of the twentieth century, barter developed into an exchange of culture and services: in addition to serving as a place where Navajo jewellery and rugs changed hands, trading posts acted as grocery stores, banks, post offices, and railroad hiring offices. Traders were