When Asia Was the World

Name: When Asia Was the World
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ISBN: 9780306815560

ISBN-10: 0306815567

ISBN-13: 9780306815560

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Authors: Stewart Gordon

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List price: $26.00
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/4/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Stewart Gordonis Senior Research Scholar at the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan, and author of three books on Asia. He lives in Ann Arbor.



Introduction



Monasteries and Monarchs: Xuanzang, 618-632 CE



Caliph and Caravan: Ibn Fadlan, 921-922 CE



Philosopher and Physician: Ibn Sina, 1002-1021 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: Tome Pires, 1511-1521 CE



The Asian World: 500-1500 CE


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Suggested Reading


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