Description: Far from a stagnant "Middle Ages," the years 600-1350 witnessed globalization and social innovation. Entangled Worlds explores long-distance trade in the Americas, cosmopolitan effects of Islamic and Mongol expansion, the spread of monotheist and Sinitic models of sociocultural organization, and the birth of settled political order in South Asia.
Brief description: Daniel G. König is the author of Arabic-Islamic Views of the Latin West: Tracing the Emergence of Medieval Europe and the editor of Latin and Arabic: Entangled Histories. He is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Konstanz.
Review Quotes: A deep historical inquiry into the background of the modern world.-- "Kirkus Reviews" (12/28/2024 12:00:00 AM)