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Before the West w/ Ayşe Zarakol

The Dig

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The World of the 13th and 14th Centuries

The world of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries surprises us. It is much more connected than we would expect, with well established overland and naval routes. Importantly, it was the chingasid empire that made asia this cohesive place you write. And that happened not just through political unification, but also because of trade,. experts, artists and even occult scientists.

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