When Asia Was the World by Stewart Gordon

When Asia Was the World by Stewart Gordon

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Summary

How Asia's great civilization spread when its traveling merchants, scholars, and holy men brought their shining civilization to Europe's Dark Ages

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When Asia Was the World by Stewart Gordon

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.
Stewart Gordon is Senior Research Scholar at the centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan, and author of three books on Asia. He lives in Ann Arbor.
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ISBN 13 9780306817397
ISBN 10 030681739X
Title When Asia Was the World
Author Stewart Gordon
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hachette Books
Year published 2009-01-06
Number of pages 256
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