{"product_id":"along-the-silk-roads-in-mongol-eurasia-generals-merchants-and-intellectuals-9780520298743","title":"Along the Silk Roads in Mongol Eurasia Generals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAlong the Silk Roads\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent addition to both Mongol Empire studies and the Global Middle Ages. Collectively, its chapters illustrate well the sheer scale of the political, economic, and intellectual world forged through the Mongol conquests and the ways in which individual human beings experienced this vast new world. . . . [And it] contributes to the much-needed task of repositioning Europe and the Mediterranean world vis-à-vis the rest of the medieval world and constructing a truly global view of the Middle Ages.\" * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An extremely welcome collection. . . . Biran, Brack, and Fiaschetti have succeeded in assembling a collection of papers that reflect the extraordinary cultural vitality and ethnic diversity of the Chinggisid empire.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Islamic Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"More important, however, is to emphasize the quality of the biographies in this volume, which can serve as models for future works on scientists, painters, craftsmen, and doctors of the Mongol period.\" * Silk Road *\u003cbr\u003e\"Yet another entry in the exciting work being undertaken on the Mongols’ pluralist world.\" * Asian Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"The volume can serve very well as an introduction to the history of the Mongol world because the authors take so many different perspectives.\"\u003cbr\u003e   * Der Islam *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book collects a rich parterre of scholars and makes use of Chinese, Persian, Arabic, Latin, Russian, Armenian and many other sources: it certainly leaves the impression of a ‘thorough work’ and a remarkable instrument for the scientific community.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   * Eurasian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Notes on Dates and Transliterations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Michal Biran, Jonathan Brack, and Francesca Fiaschetti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part One. Generals\u003cbr\u003e 1. Guo Kan: Military Exchanges between China and the Middle East\u003cbr\u003e Florence Hodous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Baiju: The Mongol Conqueror at the Crossfire of Dynastic Struggle\u003cbr\u003e Sara Nur Yıldız\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Qutulun: The Warrior Princess of Mongol Central Asia\u003cbr\u003e Michal Biran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Yang Tingbi: Mongol Expansion along the Maritime Silk Roads\u003cbr\u003e Masaki Mukai and Francesca Fiaschetti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sayf al-Dīn Qipchaq al-Mans.ūrī: Defection and Ethnicity between Mongols and Mamluks\u003cbr\u003e Amir Mazor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Tuqtuqa and His Descendants: Cross-Regional Mobility and Political Intrigue in the Mongol Yuan Army\u003cbr\u003e Vered Shurany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Two. Merchants\u003cbr\u003e 7. Jaʿfar Khwāja: Sayyid, Merchant, Spy, and Military Commander of Chinggis Khan\u003cbr\u003e Yihao Qiu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Diplomacy, Black Sea Trade, and the Mission of Baldwin of Hainaut \u003cbr\u003e John Giebfried\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Jamāl al-Dīn al-T. ībī: The Iraqi Trader Who Traversed Asia\u003cbr\u003e Matanya Gill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. Taydula: A Golden Horde Queen and Patron of Christian Merchants\u003cbr\u003e Szilvia Kovács\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part Three. Intellectuals\u003cbr\u003e 11. Rashīd al-Dīn: Buddhism in Iran and the Mongol Silk Roads \u003cbr\u003e Jonathan Brack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12. Fu Mengzhi: “The Sage of Cathay” in Mongol Iran and Astral Sciences along the Silk Roads\u003cbr\u003e Yoichi Isahaya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13. ʿĪsa Kelemechi: A Translator Turned Envoy between Asia and Europe\u003cbr\u003e Hodong Kim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14. Pādshāh Khatun: An Example of Architectural, Religious, and Literary Patronage in Ilkhanid Iran\u003cbr\u003e Bruno De Nicola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 15. Islamic Learning on the Silk Roads: The Career of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Akhawī\u003cbr\u003e Or Amir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Glossary \u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037199073623,"sku":"9780520298743","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520298743.jpg?v=1750934765","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/along-the-silk-roads-in-mongol-eurasia-generals-merchants-and-intellectuals-9780520298743","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}