Mapping The Chinese And Islamic Worlds: Cross - Cultural Exchange In Pre- Modern Asia
\ Hyunhee Park
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
, 2012
xxviii, 276 p.
: ill.,maps
Index
Introduction -- From imperial encounter to maritime trade : Chinese understanding of the Islamic world, 750-1260 -- The representation of China and the world : Islamic knowledge about China, 750-1260 -- Interpreting the Mongol world : Chinese understanding of the Islamic world, 1260-1368 -- Beyond Marco Polo : Islamic knowledge about China, 1260-1368 -- Legacy from half the globe before 1492 : Chinese understanding of the Islamic world and Islamic knowledge about China, 1368-1500 -- Conclusion : lessons from premodern Sino-Islamic contact