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To Xuanzang, who was used to men with small noses, beardless faces, and almond-shaped black eyes, the men filling the roads and the bazaar were clearly foreign traders. 2 In Chang'an and along the oases of the Silk Road, he had already seen some hawk-nosed men whose beards swallowed their faces and whose eyes looked like blue, green, or gray glass.
Aug 11, 2016 · The expression ‘Crossroads of Asia’ has been borrowed from a publication by Elizabeth Errington and Joe Cribb. It seemed to be the most befitting expression to underline the wide geographical horizon extending from Afghanistan to north-west India, which this paper intends to dwell upon.
Feb 22, 2021 · The Muslim theologian Muhammad al-Bukhari, the artist Kamal ud-Din Behzad, as well as the Turkic poets and linguists Mahmud al-Kashgari, Yusuf Balasuguni, and Ali-Shir Nava’i, also emerged...
Oct 13, 2022 · Central Asia displayed a remarkable ability to embrace foreign influences, such as the Turkic migrations, expansion of Islam, and Mongol conquest, internalizing them and making them its own, much like an interesting stew. Situated at the crossroads of many empires, Central Asia was tucked in between the Chinese, Europeans, Arabs, and Indians.
The geographer, Claudius Ptolemaeus, distinguishes between geography, which is "a representation in picture of the whole known world," and chorography ("study of places"), which "treats more fully the particulars." [12] The idea of the continents is geography and is presented as such.
Cribb, J. Title: The crossroads of Asia: transformation in image and symbol. Date: 1992. Place of Publication: Cambridge. Publisher: The Ancient India and Iran Trust.
Summary. Southeast Asia is home to a diverse array of peoples whose livelihoods once revolved around combinations of shifting swidden cultivation, wet rice production, and harvesting of rare forest and sea products.
