List of Maps and Primary Source Documents xxi Extract from the Sunna (ca seventh century and later) “Why the Bat Flies by Night” (undated) “Elephant and Tortoise” (undated) “The Myth of Quetzalcoatl” (undated) “Harisarman” (undated) “How Gunther Won Brunhild,” excerpt from the Nibelungenlied (ca 1200) Al Hariri of Basrah: Maqamat (The Assemblies, ca 1100) Extract from the Annals of Saint Bertin (ninth century) Ibn al-Athir: “On the Tatars” (1220–21) Guy, a Knight: Letter from the Sixth Crusade (1249) Ahmed Mohammed al Makkari: “Tarik ibn Ziyad’s Address to His Soldiers,” excerpt from The Breath of Perfume (711) Marco Polo: Excerpt from The Glories of Kinsay [Hangchow] (ca 1300) Extract from “Accounts of Tin Mining in Cornwall” from The Stannary Charter (1198) “The Value of Foreign Coin in England” (1266) Charles the Bald: Excerpt from the Edict of Pistes (864) Johannes de Trokelowe: “The Famine of 1315” (ca 1315–17) Procopius: “The Plague, 542,” excerpt from History of the Wars (ca 545–53) Jacob von Königshofen: “The Cremation of Strasbourg Jewry, Saint Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1349” Ibn Battuta: Excerpt from Travels in Asia and Africa (1325–54) Excerpt from the Nihongi (ca 720) William of Saint Thierry: “A Description of Clairvaux” (ca 1143) Excerpt from the Sunna (seventh century) 613 641 642 643 644 646 647 687 688 703 705 727 727 742 742 770 819 820 821 852 853 854 Volume IV Excerpt from the Hindu Agni Purana (ca eighth through 11th centuries) Annalist of Nieder-Altaich: “The Great German Pilgrimage of 1064–65” Nasir-i Khusrau: Excerpt from Diary of a Journey through Syria and Palestine (1046–52) Excerpt from the Taika Reform Edicts (645) Lateran IV: Canon 68—On Jews (305) Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masudi (Masoudi): Excerpt from The Book of Golden Meadows (ca 940) Excerpt from the Emerald Tablet of Hermes (undated) Roger Bacon: “On Experimental Science” (1268) Adelard of Bath: Excerpt from Natural Questions (ca 1137) Excerpt from The Travels of John de Marignolli (1339–53) The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor: Excerpt from the Sixth Voyage (ca 800–ca 1400) Gregory of Tours: “Harsh Treatment of Serfs and Slaves” (ca 575) Al-Tanukhi: Excerpt from Ruminations and Reminiscences (ca 980) An Anonymous Jewish Account of the Expulsion of Jews from Spain (1495) Fulk of Chartres: “The Capture of Jerusalem” (1099) Ancient Japanese Constitution (604) Charter of Homage and Fealty (1110) Excerpt from the Mahabharata (fifth century b.c.e to fourth century c.e.) Statuta Armorum (Statutes of Arms, ca 1260) Procopius: “The Roman Silk Industry” (ca 550) 894 895 896 908 909 909 939 939 940 952 953 989 989 1002 1003 1029 1030 1044 1045 1069