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000331912 1001_ $$aGordon, Stewart,$$d1945-
000331912 24510 $$aWhen Asia was the world /$$cStewart Gordon.
000331912 260__ $$a[Cambridge, Mass.] :$$bDa Capo Press,$$cc2008.
000331912 300__ $$aviii, 228 p., [16] p. of plates :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm.
000331912 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-221) and index.
000331912 5050_ $$aMonasteries and monarchs : Xuanzang, 618-632 CE -- Caliph and caravan : Ibn Fadlan, 921-922 CE -- Philosopher and physician : Ibn Sina, 1020-1036 CE -- Ingots and artifacts : the Intan shipwreck, circa 1000 CE -- Pepper and partnerships : Abraham bin Yiju, 1120-1160 CE -- Nobles and notables : Ibn Battuta, 1325-1356 CE -- Treasure and treaty : Ma Huan, 1413-1431 CE -- Blood and salt : Babur, 1494-1526 CE -- Medicines and misunderstandings : Tomé Pires, 1511-1521 CE. -- The Asian world : 500-1500 CE.
000331912 520__ $$aWhile European intellectual, cultural, and commercial life stagnated during the early medieval period, Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of religious, commercial, and intellectual connections, the different regions of Asia's vast civilization, from Arabia to China, hummed with commerce, international diplomacy, and the brisk exchange of ideas. Stewart Gordon has fashioned a look at Asia from A.D. 700 to 1500, a time when Asia was the world, by describing the personal journeys of Asia's many travelers--the merchants who traded spices along the Silk Road, the apothecaries who exchanged medicine and knowledge from China to the Middle East, and the philosophers and holy men who crossed continents to explore and exchange ideas, books, science, and culture.--From publisher description.
000331912 650_0 $$aTravelers$$zAsia$$xHistory.
000331912 651_0 $$aAsia$$xDescription and travel.
000331912 651_0 $$aAsia$$xCivilization.
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000331912 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2007035608-d.html
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