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Although the papers collected here are wide-ranging, they reveal the emergence of the concept of a common heritage and plural identity. The studies carried out under the Project have shown that identity, seen from a long-term perspective, cannot be viewed as a ghetto or an enclosure, but as the result of a whole process of synthesis and encounter between peoples and cultures. 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Sørensen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Expansion of Buddhism into Southeast Asia (Mainly before A.D. 1000)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJ.G. de Casparis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Travels of Marco Polo in the Land of Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnanda Abeydeera\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eIndus-Gulf Relations: A Reassessment in the Light of New Evidence\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNilofer Shaikh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Southern Silk Road: Archaeological Evidence of Early Trade between India and Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eIan C. Glover\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eAn Inscription in Memory of Sayyid Bin Abu Ali: A Study of Relations between China and Oman from the\u003cbr\u003e \tEleventh to the Fifteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLiu Yingsheng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Mongol Empire in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: East-West Relations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBira Shagdar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Brunei Sultan of the Early Fourteenth Century: A Study of an Arabic Gravestone\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChen Da-sheng\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Caravanserais along the Grand Trunk Road in Pakistan: A Central Asian Legacy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSaifur Rahman Dar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Maritime Trade from the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Century: Evidence from the Underwater Archaeological Sites in the Gulf of Siam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSayan Prishanchit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Ban on the Export of Certain Articles from the Levant to the Mediterranean Ports during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eZeki Arikan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Impact of the Macao-Manila Silk Trade from the Beginnings to 1640\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRui D’Ávila Lourido\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13. \u003c\/strong\u003eInner Asian Muslim Merchants at the Closure of the Silk Routes in the Seventeenth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eIsenbike Togan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Exchange of Musical Influences between Korea and Central Asia in Ancient Times\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSong Bang-Song\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Trade Routes and the Diffusion of Artistic Traditions in South and Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNandana Chutiwongs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Development of China’s Navigation Technology and of the Maritime Silk Route\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSun Guangqi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17. \u003c\/strong\u003eMongol Nomadic Pastoralism: A Tradition between Nature and History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJacques Legrand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Spiritual Identity of the Silk Roads: A Historical Overview of Buddhism and Islam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAmir H. 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