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Studying change in the course of human history, in different places, through the lens of a diverse set of core themes, World History for International Studies offers readers a set of windows into different debates historians have been conducting. Key themes, such as communication, trade, order, slavery, religion, war, identity, modernity, norms and ecology, are linked to specific world regions, which tell a story about how local ideas and individual contacts developed, started to overlap and became globally understood and used by ever larger groups of people. These themes are brought to life by a diverse set of key primary sources, such as a book, a letter, a medal, a temple and an epic, to showcase how historians have used sources to tell these stories and conduct debates. The book provides an introductory resource into the study of history and includes detailed suggestions for further study.
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This book explores the dissemination of ideas and information on the early silk roads between Europe and China, through the first detailed study of the Sinicization of foreign objects in Chinese poetic writing of the third century CE.
Chinese poetry. --- Poesie chinoise --- Chinese poetry --- Yongwu fu, exotica, Silk Roads, material culture, cultural exchange, third century. --- Histoire et critique. --- History and criticism. --- Silk Road --- History. --- Silk Road. --- Fu --- Exoticism in literature.
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During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Chinggis Khan and his heirs established the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world, extending from Korea to Hungary and from Iraq, Tibet, and Burma to Siberia. Ruling over roughly two thirds of the Old World, the Mongol Empire enabled people, ideas, and objects to traverse immense geographical and cultural boundaries. Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia reveals the individual stories of three key groups of people—military commanders, merchants, and intellectuals—from across Eurasia. These annotated biographies bring to the fore a compelling picture of the Mongol Empire from a wide range of historical sources in multiple languages, providing important insights into a period unique for its rapid and far-reaching transformations. Read together or separately, they offer the perfect starting point for any discussion of the Mongol Empire’s impact on China, the Muslim world, and the West and illustrate the scale, diversity, and creativity of the cross-cultural exchange along the continental and maritime Silk Roads.Features and Benefits:Synthesizes historical information from Chinese, Arabic, Persian, and Latin sources that are otherwise inaccessible to English-speaking audiences.Presents in an accessible manner individual life stories that serve as a springboard for discussing themes such as military expansion, cross-cultural contacts, migration, conversion, gender, diplomacy, transregional commercial networks, and more.Each chapter includes a bibliography to assist students and instructors seeking to further explore the individuals and topics discussed.Informative maps, images, and tables throughout the volume supplement each biography.
Intellectuals --- Mongols --- Merchants --- History, Military --- 13th century history. --- 14th century history. --- baiju. --- black sea trade. --- buddhism. --- burma. --- china. --- chinggis khan. --- conversion. --- cross cultural exchange. --- cultural boundaries. --- diplomacy. --- diversity. --- dynasty. --- empire. --- gender. --- geographical boundaries. --- guo kan. --- history of the world. --- hungary. --- intellectuals. --- iraq. --- korea. --- merchants. --- migration. --- military commanders. --- military expansion. --- mobility. --- mongol empire. --- muslim. --- patronage. --- qutulun. --- siberia. --- silk roads. --- taydula. --- tibet. --- transformation. --- translation. --- yang tingbi.
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The open access book provides an analysis of human actors and their capacity to explore and conceptualise their own agency by being curious, gathering knowledge, and shaping identities in their travel reflections on Asia. Thus, the actors open windows across time to present a profound overview of diverse descriptions and constructions of Asia. The authors demonstrate that international and transnational history contributes to and benefits from analyses of national and local contexts that in turn enrich our understanding of transcultural encounters and experiences across time. The book proposes an actor-centred contextual approach to travel writing to recount meaningful constructions of Asia’s physical, political and spiritual landscapes. It offers comparative reflections on the patterns of encounter across Eurasia, where from the late medieval period an idea of civilisation was transculturally shared yet also constantly questioned and reframed. Tailored for academic and public discussions alike, this volume will be invaluable for both scholars of Global History and interested audiences to stimulate further discussions on the nature of global encounters in Asia. Christian Mueller is Associate Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. Matteo Salonia is Assistant Professor in European and International History, University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
Asian history --- General & world history --- Archaeology --- Human geography --- Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography --- travel writing --- Asian networks --- Silk Roads --- Eurasian encounters --- intellectual history --- borders and identities --- curiosity in global history --- knowledge and Empire --- transnational culture --- transnational history --- imperial geographies --- imperial mobilities --- early globalisation --- ethnography and peripheries --- Asia—History. --- World history. --- Archaeology. --- Human geography. --- Cultural geography. --- Ethnology. --- Asian History. --- World History, Global and Transnational History. --- Social and Cultural Geography. --- Sociocultural Anthropology. --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Universal history
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