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You might have realized reading the last few articles that they have been heavy on the question of intellectual activities and achievements, perhaps more so than in the previous decades of our treatment (until Episode 30). But we have to talk about the very medium that underpins a good part of this progress.

First let’s see...

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Further Reading & Reference

* Wood, Michael. The Story of China. Simon & Schuster.

* Starr, Frederick S. (2013). Lost Enlightenment - Central Asia’s Golden Age. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15773-3.

* Mortimer, Ian. (2022). Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter. Vintage.

* Al-Khalili, Jim. (2010). The House of Wisdom. Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1101476239.

* Dalrymple, William. (2024). The Golden Road: How Ancient India transformed the world. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1408864418.



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