| When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the Riches of the East Contributor(s): Gordon, Stewart (Author) |
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ISBN: 030681739X ISBN-13: 9780306817397 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Gordon fashions a fascinating and unique look at Asia from 700 to 1500 C.E., a time when Asia was the world, by describing the personal journeys of Asias many travelers--merchants, apothecaries, and philosophers. 16-page b&w photo insert. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Modern - 16th Century |
| Dewey: 915.04 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (0.60 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |