Silk Road: Abū Zayd al-Sīrāfī (Iran, China, India), Ibn Faḍlān (Iraq, Russia), 10th c. CE [PREVIEW]
Aug 17, 2021
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We take a tour of the Silk Road, where merchant capital moved and grew value between the ancient empires of China, India, and the newly formed Muslim world, with its roots in nomadism and trade and frontier relationships with nomads, including future “white people” like the Viking Rus.
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