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Accounts (from the 10th C) of China and India and Mission to the Volga
Two Arabic Travel BooksAccounts of China and India and Mission to the VolgaBy Abu Zayd al-SirafiEdited and Translated by Tim Mackintosh-SmithBy Ahmad Ibn FadlanEdited and Translated by...
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Chinese Textiles: Eight Centuries of Masterpieces from the Met Collection
Unidentified Artist (Chinese, 14th–15th century). Welcoming Spring (detail), 15th century. Ming dynasty (1368–1644). China. Silk embroidery on silk gauze; 84 x 25 in. (213.4 x 63.5 cm). The...
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Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the Metropolitan Collection
Han Gan (Chinese, active ca. 742–756). Night-Shining White (detail), ca. 750. Tang dynasty (618–907). China. Handscroll; ink on paper; 12 1/8 x 13 3/8 in. (30.8 x 34 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of...
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Just out: Complexity of Interaction along the Eurasian Steppe Zone in the...
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Where the Silk Roads Meet: Foreign Religions in Quanzhou in the Age of Marco...
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French researchers believe they have discovered the tomb of Chinggis Khaan
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The Hunter, the Stag, and the Mother of Animals
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The search for Genghis Khan's hidden tomb
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New Evidence Ancient Chinese Explorers Landed in America Excites Experts
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The Satellite Search for Genghis Khan
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China Fears Loss of Great Wall, Brick by Brick
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Ancient 'mummy' unearthed from 'lost medieval civilisation' near Arctic,...
The Siberian Times 3 July 2015 by Anna LiesowskaNew find at Zeleny Yar necropolis, which shows links to Persia, to be examined within weeks. Archeologists working at the site, near Salekhard, say...
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Symposium: Silks from the Silk Road: Origin, Transmission and Exchange
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Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)
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2nd shipwreck confirmed from 13th century Mongolian invasion
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Dining from Darius to Kublai Khan
Fresco of Shah Abbas I receiving Vali Muhammad Khan, Chehel Sotoun Palace, Isfahan, circa 1657. Ninara/WikicommonsDINING WITH DARIUSthe Cairo review of Global Affairs by Rachel LaudanJuly 05, 2015In...
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Oc Eo, an important trade site along the maritime Silk Road that linked...
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Aurel Stein, Sigmund Freud and the Other - Craig Clunas - 6 November 2015
Stein with dogs, Spin Khan and Dash. Srinagar, 1928. Photo 392/33(6), The British Library. Freud with dogs, Fo and Tattoun. Hohe Warte, 1933. 42*, Freud Museum London.IDP Lecture and Reception...
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Karakorum: the reconstruction of the Grat Hall
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Ways of Knowing and Re-creating Dunhuang
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