When Asia was the world / Stewart Gordon.
Gordon, Stewart, 1945-
2008
DS5.95 .G67 2008 (Mapit)
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Title When Asia was the world / Stewart Gordon.
Author Gordon, Stewart, 1945-
ISBN 9780306815560 (alk. paper)
0306815567 (alk. paper)
Imprint [Cambridge, Mass.] : Da Capo Press, c2008.
Language English
Description viii, 228 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number DS5.95 .G67 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 915.04
Summary While 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-221) and index.
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Monasteries 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.

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