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Mapping the Chinese and Islamic Worlds
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Artikel-Nr:
9781107547834
Veröffentl:
2015
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
12.05.2015
Seiten:
306
Autor:
Hyunhee Park
Gewicht:
446 g
Format:
229x152x17 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Hyunhee Park is an Assistant Professor of History at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, where she teaches Chinese history, global history, and justice in the non-Western tradition. She currently serves as an Assistant Editor of the academic journal Crossroads: Studies on the History of Exchange Relations in the East Asian World.
This book documents the relationship and wisdom of Asian cartographers in the Islamic and Chinese worlds before the Europeans arrived.
1. From imperial encounter to maritime trade: Chinese understanding of the Islamic world, 750¿1260; 2. The representation of China and the world: Islamic knowledge about China, 750¿1260; 3. Interpreting the Mongol world: Chinese understanding of the Islamic world, 1260¿1368; 4. Beyond Marco Polo: Islamic knowledge about China, 1260¿1368; 5. Legacy from half the globe before 1492: Chinese understanding of the Islamic world and Islamic knowledge about China, 1368¿1500; Conclusion: lessons from pre-modern Sino-Islamic contact.