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    A Global History

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  • The Book of China

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    In the early sixteenth century, a Persian-speaking Muslim merchant named ʿAli Akbar Khatayi traveled to China and stayed for six years. There he acquired inside knowledge of the Ming imperial court and gained familiarity with the government bureaucracy, the military, and the daily lives and culture of ordinary people. In a treatise presented to the rulers of the Ottoman Empire, Khatayi laid out ... Read more

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  • Mapping the Chinese and Islamic Worlds

    Cross-Cultural Exchange in Pre-Modern Asia

    by Hyunhee Park ...
    Long before Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope en route to India, the peoples of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia engaged in vigorous cross-cultural exchanges across the Indian Ocean. This book focuses on the years 700 to 1500, a period when powerful dynasties governed both regions, to document the relationship between the Islamic and Chinese worlds before the arrival of the Europeans. ... Read more

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  • Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing

    Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (IMIS-2020)

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents the latest research findings, methods and development techniques, challenges and solutions concerning UPC from both theoretical and practical perspectives, with an emphasis on innovative, mobile and Internet services.With the proliferation of wireless technologies and electronic devices, there is a rapidly growing interest in Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing (UPC), which makes ... Read more

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  • The Invention of China

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  • The Early Chinese Empires

    Qin and Han

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