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CHAPTER 9: THE AGE OF DISCOVERIES: THE OLD WORLD

R. A. Donkin

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
CONTENTS VII
MAPS XI
FIGURES XIII
TABLES XVI
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XVII
PREFACE XIX
CHAPTER 1: FOLKLORE AND OBSERVATIONS TO THE ADVENT OF SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY 1
CHAPTER 2: BIOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, AND ECOLOGY 23
CHAPTER 3: THE MOST ANCIENT EAST 42
CHAPTER 4: THE CLASSICAL WORLD: GREEKS AND ROMANS AND THEIR EASTERN NEIGHBORS 80
CHAPTER 5: THE ARABO-PERSIAN WORLD, SEVENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES 105
CHAPTER 6: INDIA 152
CHAPTER 7: THE CHINESE WORLD 192
CHAPTER 8: THE MEDIEVAL WORLD 250
CHAPTER 9: THE AGE OF DISCOVERIES: THE OLD WORLD 276
CHAPTER 10: THE AGE OF DISCOVERIES: THE NEW WORLD 292
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED 347
INDICES 407

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
CONTENTS VII
MAPS XI
FIGURES XIII
TABLES XVI
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XVII
PREFACE XIX
CHAPTER 1: FOLKLORE AND OBSERVATIONS TO THE ADVENT OF SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY 1
CHAPTER 2: BIOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, AND ECOLOGY 23
CHAPTER 3: THE MOST ANCIENT EAST 42
CHAPTER 4: THE CLASSICAL WORLD: GREEKS AND ROMANS AND THEIR EASTERN NEIGHBORS 80
CHAPTER 5: THE ARABO-PERSIAN WORLD, SEVENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES 105
CHAPTER 6: INDIA 152
CHAPTER 7: THE CHINESE WORLD 192
CHAPTER 8: THE MEDIEVAL WORLD 250
CHAPTER 9: THE AGE OF DISCOVERIES: THE OLD WORLD 276
CHAPTER 10: THE AGE OF DISCOVERIES: THE NEW WORLD 292
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED 347
INDICES 407

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