{"product_id":"accountsofchinaandindia","title":"Accounts of China and India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbu Zayd al-Sirafi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Mackintosh-Smith (translation)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 124 pages\u003cbr\u003eEnglish-only edition\u003cbr\u003e9781479830596\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ninth and tenth centuries witnessed the establishment of a substantial network of maritime trade across the Indian Ocean, providing the real-life background to the Sinbad tales. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn exceptional exemplar of Arabic travel writing, Accounts of China and India is a compilation of reports and anecdotes about the lands and peoples of this diverse territory, from the Somali headlands of Africa to the far eastern shores of China and Korea. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraveling eastward, we discover a vivid human landscape—from Chinese society to Hindu religious practices—as well as a colorful range of natural wilderness—from flying fish to Tibetan musk-deer and Sri Lankan gems. The juxtaposed accounts create a kaleidoscope of a world not unlike our own, a world on the road to globalization. In its ports, we find a priceless cargo of information. Here are the first foreign descriptions of tea and porcelain, a panorama of unusual social practices, cannibal islands, and Indian holy men—a marvelous, mundane world, contained in the compass of a novella.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Arabic Literature","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39840220184611,"sku":"9781479830596","price":23.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/DSC_1340.jpg?v=1666422611","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/accountsofchinaandindia","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}