An essay summarizing the history of East-West contacts in the Middle Ages. Includes a history of East-West contacts before the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope route, in other words knowledge about China in the Greco-Roman era, Chinese knowledge about the Roman Empire, East-West trade through Central Asia, contact with Arabia, Armenia Persia and other countries, apostasy in China (Nestorian Christians), travel journals of China before the Mongol empire, China under Mongol control when it was known as Cathay, changes in knowledge from Cathay to China. Vol 1. [Read more..]
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