A Companion to the Global Early Middle Ages

This companion introduces the connections between early medieval societies that have previously been studied in isolation. By bringing together nineteen experts on different regions across the globe, from Oceania to Europe and beyond, it transcends conventional disciplinary boundaries and synthesizes parallel historiographical narratives. The period 600-900 CE witnessed important historical developments, such as the establishment of a Southeast Asian thalassocracy by the Shailendra dynasty and the expansion of the Frankish polity under Charlemagne on the far ends of Eurasia and the consolidation of the Abbasid and Tang empires in between. A Companion to the Global Early Middle Ages integrates these contemporaneous processes and presents new insights into a neglected phase of world history.

Auteur

HermansErik:
Erik Hermans (PhD, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at NYU) is an independent scholar, currently based in Washington, DC.

Contenu

Introduction, ERIK HERMANSREGIONS1. Oceania, GLENN SUMMERHAYES2. Southeast Asia, JOHN WHITMORE3. South Asia, KENNETH HALL4. Tibet, LEWIS DONEY5. China, TINEKE D'HAESELEER6. Japan, ROSS BENDER7. Korea, RICHARD McBRIDE8. Inner Asia, MICHAEL DROMPP9. West Asia, KHODADAD REZAKHANI10. Byzantium, MICHAEL DECKER11. Northeast Africa, GEORGE HATKE12. East Africa, MARK HORTON13. Sahara and West Africa, SONJA MAGNAVITA14. Western Europe, JENNIFER DAVIS15. Mesoamerica, HEATHER McKILLOPPROCESSES16. Trade and Commerce, RICHARD SMITH17. Migration, JOHANNES PREISER-KAPELLER18. Climate and Disease, PETER SARRIS19. Intellectual Connectivity, ERIK HERMANSIndex