Explore on My Own
Funerary Sculpture of a Bactrian Camel
China, 700-800, molded earthenware.
The Travels of Marco Polo
1818, printed book.
Map of the Silk Road
From F. von Richthofen (1877), China: Ergebnisse eigener Reisen und darauf gegründeter Studien.
Modern Reproduction of Central Asian textiles
Silk, Japan, c. 19th cent.
Monkey King and Piggy
Woodblock print.1696 edition.
The Shahnameh
Completed in 833 A.H./A.D. 1430.
Map of Xingqing Palace
Ink rubbing based on an engraved stone stele from 1080.
The Ruins of Palmyra
Printed book.
Horse and Groom
Earthenware from China, 7th-10th cent.
Resources and Readings
The Role of Paper in Modernity