Daniel G. König is the author of Arabic-Islamic Views of the Latin West: Tracing the Emergence of Medieval Europe and the editor of Latin and Arabic: Entangled Histories. He is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Konstanz. Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of American History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. Jürgen Osterhammel is Professor of Modern History at the University of Konstanz. Christopher S. Beekman is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Denver.

A sophisticated and nuanced study, aware of the limitations of using a medieval periodization as a historical framework, and it stresses that the global connectivity that existed was fragile. Overall, this is a crucial historiographic work that deepens readers' understanding of the development of a globalized world.

Daniel G. König is the author of Arabic-Islamic Views of the Latin West: Tracing the Emergence of Medieval Europe and the editor of Latin and Arabic: Entangled Histories. He is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Konstanz. Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of American History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. Jürgen Osterhammel is Professor of Modern History at the University of Konstanz. Christopher S. Beekman is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Denver.

A sophisticated and nuanced study, aware of the limitations of using a medieval periodization as a historical framework, and it stresses that the global connectivity that existed was fragile. Overall, this is a crucial historiographic work that deepens readers' understanding of the development of a globalized world.

Daniel G. König is the author of Arabic-Islamic Views of the Latin West: Tracing the Emergence of Medieval Europe and the editor of Latin and Arabic: Entangled Histories. He is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Konstanz. Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of American History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. Jürgen Osterhammel is Professor of Modern History at the University of Konstanz. Christopher S. Beekman is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Denver.

A sophisticated and nuanced study, aware of the limitations of using a medieval periodization as a historical framework, and it stresses that the global connectivity that existed was fragile. Overall, this is a crucial historiographic work that deepens readers' understanding of the development of a globalized world.