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When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the ""Riches of the ""East"" by [Gordon, Stewart]

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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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File Size: 5154 KB
Print Length: 258 pages
Publisher: Da Capo Press (December 4, 2007)
Publication Date: December 4, 2007
Language: English
ASIN: B004WL4BJ4
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Chuck Wagon

Insightful and straightforward

September 1, 2016

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This book gave a great perspective on the Asian world from 500 to 1500 CE. It follows different people, mostly traders, on their travels traversing most of Asia. It can get a little boring at times when the author decides to include an ancient recipe for meat or something, but otherwise it's pretty easy to follow and gives a lot of detail. I particularly enjoyed the chapter describing the contents of a sunken ship.

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January 11, 2018

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I assign this book as summer reading for my AP World History class. It is a valuable eye opener to students who are used to seeing only the Western perspective on the world. It also provides a valuable view on the continuity of culture in the region and how that culture contrasts with and come into conflict with the Western view. Great book.

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April 7, 2009

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A nice introduction into the well traveled Asia of long ago. Almost every chapter of this concise book gives the story of someone who left home, journeying afar for religious, business, military or other reasons.

Stewart Gordon keeps the stories on point, while presenting a reader fresh insights into many interesting cultural and historical facts, such as the role silk robes enjoyed in the ceremonies of the day and background to the spice trade.

The book closes with a handy section giving suggestions for further reading.

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November 23, 2016

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Good product, price, and service. Thanks
Really gave a good insight into the real world powers of the time. In school we were mainly focused on Europe...
Thanks for enlightening book.

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February 5, 2014

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A different view of the past -- This book goes from East to West instead of West to East like Marco Polo. He follows several travelers from their countries and traditions across the world, generally for trade purposes, but also for exploration and learning. This is a book definitely worth reading to learn about other cultures.

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January 7, 2010

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I am a history teacher at the high school level. I really enjoyed this book both as a tool to better educate myself, and as a source of excerpts to utilize in class with my students. I have used various excerpts with my students to examine the variety and complexity of trade and social connections throughout parts of the Asian world historically. It is very good for this purpose, and I would highly recommned it to anyone with an interest in history, or anyone that is a history teacher.

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December 16, 2017

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Different view, was very thought provoking.

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August 17, 2012

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This is an adventure story over a thousand years, from 500 to 1500. Europe was just emerging from the morass of tribal immigration after Pax Romana had collapsed. Central America was developing but mostly isolated. Here we explore the cultural and economic wealth that was much of Asia. We follow the Silk Road from China to Bukhara down into India and back when it all was Buddhist. A few hundred years later we could travel from Baghdad to the Volga as Muslims all the way or later down into India. We could sail in Chinese treasure ships from China to Africa before the isolationists at home decided that was budget busting and needless. We can follow a Jewish trader from Cairo to India and back through his letters uncovered in the genizah in Old Cairo. Finally we could watch the folly of the Portuguese superiority complex trying to control trade clear into China.What an adventure story.

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