Documents Chinese Discoveries and Inventions. 18.2 Exploration and Travel 18.2 Exploration and Travel Compass....

Chinese Discoveries and Inventions 18.2 Exploration and Travel   Compass Early Chinese compasses were made of a rock called lodestone, which, when floating, points north-south.…

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1.368–369 Nabeel Turner/Getty ImagesIslamicCivilizationMuslims gather around the Kaabaat the Great Mosque in Makkah.A.D. 600A.D. 900 12001500c. A.D. 610A.D. 750c. 11001258c.…

Documents Ming-Porcelain For A Globalised Trade

12 THE âMING VASEâ âMingâ has almost always been synonymous with fine Ming porcelain, even for non-specialists. So why the Ming vase, and not the Tang, Song, Yuan or…