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February 23, 2009
Stewart Gordon, '66, MA'67, PhD'72
When Asia Was the World: Traveling Merchants, Scholars, Warriors, and Monks Who Created the "Riches of the East," Da Capo Press, 2008.
The book: While European civilization stagnated in the "Dark Ages," Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy and religion. Linked by a web of spiritual, commercial and intellectual connections, the distant regions of Asia's vast civilization, from Arabia to China, hummed with trade, international diplomacy and the exchange of ideas. The author has fashioned a compelling and unique look at Asia from 700 to 1500—a time when Asia was the world—by relating the personal journeys of Asia's many travelers.
The author: Stewart Gordon is senior research scholar at the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan and author of three books on Asia. He lives in Ann Arbor.
Posted by tobiaslw at February 23, 2009 05:20 PM