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Indlæser... When Asia Was the Worldaf Stewart Gordon
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When the world as we Westerners know it was shut down in that mysterious period known as the Dark Ages, the world as known to the Islamic people of that period was thriving, bathed in the light of learning, trade, and progress. Asia “was the world” stretching from Japan to Arabia, with tentacles into northern Africa and Southern Spain. Stewart Gordon illuminates this era and its meaning by means of vignettes of people who traveled through that world. Travel is always enriching and educating, and Stewart, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan, adds to our knowledge base in this captivating collection of travelogues, carefully providing the backdrop for each scene that is set. Notable Lists
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. No library descriptions found. |
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