The Medieval History Journal, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 12-68, May 2024. This article examines the many names for China given to her by neighbouring peoples from the Han to the Yuan periods using documents from the Silk Road. It also surveys the many na…
The Medieval History Journal, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 7-7, May 2024.
The Medieval History Journal, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 69-87, May 2024. In this article, I argue that the composition of Pāµini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī (fourth century bce), a sophisticated derivational grammar of Sanskrit, was made possible by the introduction o…
The Medieval History Journal, Ahead of Print. This study investigates ‘acts of citizenship’ and forms of belonging among Jews within the medieval Holy Roman Empire. Positing that citizenship was not just a matter of official status, it looks at ‘acts o…
The Medieval History Journal, Ahead of Print. Recent research at Great Zimbabwe (1100–1750 ad) interpreted the earthen scars or depressions located within the monumental complexes and referred to in the archaeological record as dhaka pits, as water sto…
The Medieval History Journal, Ahead of Print. During the Tang dynasty (618–907 ce), a significant number of Persian nobles sought safety in China following the downfall of the Sasanian Empire in 651 ce. These Persians possessed a distinct cultural iden…
The Medieval History Journal, Ahead of Print. al-Bayrūnī’s Chronology of Ancient Nations is a famous work on calendars and historical chronology, written in the year 1000 of the Christian era. The present paper is the first investigation of the complic…
The Medieval History Journal, Ahead of Print. This article concerns the contacts and interactions that took place on the Maritime Silk Road during the first millennium ce. The term ‘Maritime Silk Road’, like the ‘Silk Road’ itself, can be quite vague. …
The Medieval History Journal, Ahead of Print. This article concerns the contacts and interactions that took place on the Maritime Silk Road during the first millennium ce. The term ‘Maritime Silk Road’, like the ‘Silk Road’ itself, can be quite vague. …
The Medieval History Journal, Ahead of Print. This paper explores the cultural and scientific connections between China, India and Iran through examining a specific type of incense burner with a gimbal device. Similar artefacts have been found in Tang …