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Title When Asia was the world / Stewart Gordon.
Publication Info. [Cambridge, Mass.] : Da Capo Press, 2009, c2008.
Edition 1st pbk. ed.

Location Call No. Status Notes
 Purdy-Kresge Library  DS 5.95 .G67 2009    CHECKED IN
Description viii, 228 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Note Reprint. Originally published: 2008.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-221) and index.
Summary Describes the important influence of Asia's great civilization on the West, as traveling merchants, scholars, philosophers, and religious figures brought the wisdom of China and the Middle East to medieval Europe during the Dark Ages.
Subject Asia -- Civilization.
Travelers -- Asia -- History.
Added Title Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys (NEH).
ISBN 9780306817397 (pbk.) : $17.00
030681739X (pbk.) : $17.00
OCLC # mjc2012026812
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