When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the ""Riches of the ""East""Hachette Books, 2007 M12 4 - 400 pages While European civilization stagnated in the "Dark Ages," Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and religion. Linked together by a web of spiritual, commercial, and intellectual connections, the distant regions of Asia's vast civilization, from Arabia to China, hummed with trade, international diplomacy, and the exchange of ideas. Stewart Gordon has fashioned a compelling and unique look at Asia from AD 700 to 1500-a time when Asia was the world-by relating the personal journeys of Asia's many travelers. |
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2 CALIPH AND CARAVAN Ibn Fadlan 921922 CE | 21 |
3 PHILOSOPHER AND PHYSICIAN Ibn Sina 10021021 CE | 39 |
4 INGOTS AND ARTIFACTS The Intan Shipwreck circa 1000 CE | 57 |
5 PEPPER AND PARTNERSHIPS Abraham bin Yiju 11201160 CE | 75 |
6 NOBLES AND NOTABLES Ibn Battuta 13251356 CE | 97 |
7 TREASURE AND TREATY Ma Huan 14131431 CE | 117 |
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