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SUMMARY:Revisiting China and Iran in the First Millennium CE
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DESCRIPTION:Since the publication of Sino-Iranica by Berthold Laufer (1874
 –1934) in 1919\, research on the relationship between Iran and China in 
 late antiquity has been largely overlooked in favor of China’s connectio
 ns with India and Central Asia. The field of the “Silk Road Studies” h
 as not given Parthia and Sasanian Iran much attention. Similarly\, Iranolo
 gy and early Islamic Studies have generally not critically consulted conte
 mporary Chinese sources. This talk will first highlight the importance of 
 Iran to the evolution of Chinese civilization (religious\, material\, scie
 ntific\, and social cultures). We will then examine the value of Chinese h
 istorical accounts of West Asia in the formative seventh century\, pointin
 g out that the records offer a notable but sometimes challenging interpret
 ation of the events that lead to the downfall of the Sasanian state and th
 e rise of the Arabs.
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URL:https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/events/vortrag-revisiting-china-and-iran-in
 -the-first-millennium-ce
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