Kenneth R. Hall is professor of History at Ball State University. His most recent books are A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Cultural Development; New Perspectives in the History and Historiography of Southeast Asia, Continuing Explorations (co-editor with Michael Aung-Thwin, 2011); Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Indian Ocean Realm, c. 1400-1800 (editor, 2008); and Structural Change in Early South India (editor, 2001/2005).

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Chapter 1: Cities, Networks, and Cultures of Knowledge: A Global OverviewPart 3 Part I: Urban Networking in the Early Indian Ocean RealmChapter 4 Chapter 2: Port-City Networking in the Indian Ocean Commercial System Represented in Geographic and Cartographic Works in China and the Islamic West from c. 750 to 1500Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Secondary Ports and Their Cults: Religious Innovation in the Port System of Greater Quangzhou (Southern China) in the 10th-12th CenturiesChapter 6 Chapter 4: Buddhist Conversions and the Creation of Urban Hierarchies in Vietnam and Cambodia, c. 1000-1200Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Why Did Le Van Thinh Revolt? Buddhism and Political Integration in Early 12th Century Dai VietChapter 8 Chapter 6: Khuba and Muslim Networks in the Indian Ocean (Part II) — Timurid and Ottoman EngagementsChapter 9 Chapter 7: Urbanization and Ironworking in the Nubian State TraditionPart 10 Part II: Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Non-Western World, c. 1500-1900Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Dengzhou and the Bohai Gulf in Seventeenth-Century Northeast AsiaChapter 12 Chapter 9: The Origins of the Post Designation System in the Qing Field Administration NetworkChapter 13 Chapter 10: The Collapse of the English Trade Entrepôts at Pulo Condore and Banjarmasin and the Legacy of Early British East India Company Urban Network-Building in Southeast AsiaChapter 14 Chapter 11: Taverns and Their Influence on the Suburban Culture of Late Nineteenth-Century Mexico CityChapter 15 Chapter 12: Networks, Railroads, and Small Cities in the Ottoman Balkans

From the China Sea to the Persian Gulf—with excursions into Africa, Eastern Europe, and North America—the authors in this collection capture a world in motion. Through their eyes we see traders, government officials, and religious functionaries moving across shifting networks of commerce, culture, and faith—in the process shaping a world of cities that thrives far from the more familiar landmarks of western urbanism.

Kenneth R. Hall is professor of History at Ball State University. His most recent books are A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Cultural Development; New Perspectives in the History and Historiography of Southeast Asia, Continuing Explorations (co-editor with Michael Aung-Thwin, 2011); Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Indian Ocean Realm, c. 1400-1800 (editor, 2008); and Structural Change in Early South India (editor, 2001/2005).

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Chapter 1: Cities, Networks, and Cultures of Knowledge: A Global OverviewPart 3 Part I: Urban Networking in the Early Indian Ocean RealmChapter 4 Chapter 2: Port-City Networking in the Indian Ocean Commercial System Represented in Geographic and Cartographic Works in China and the Islamic West from c. 750 to 1500Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Secondary Ports and Their Cults: Religious Innovation in the Port System of Greater Quangzhou (Southern China) in the 10th-12th CenturiesChapter 6 Chapter 4: Buddhist Conversions and the Creation of Urban Hierarchies in Vietnam and Cambodia, c. 1000-1200Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Why Did Le Van Thinh Revolt? Buddhism and Political Integration in Early 12th Century Dai VietChapter 8 Chapter 6: Khuba and Muslim Networks in the Indian Ocean (Part II) — Timurid and Ottoman EngagementsChapter 9 Chapter 7: Urbanization and Ironworking in the Nubian State TraditionPart 10 Part II: Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Non-Western World, c. 1500-1900Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Dengzhou and the Bohai Gulf in Seventeenth-Century Northeast AsiaChapter 12 Chapter 9: The Origins of the Post Designation System in the Qing Field Administration NetworkChapter 13 Chapter 10: The Collapse of the English Trade Entrepôts at Pulo Condore and Banjarmasin and the Legacy of Early British East India Company Urban Network-Building in Southeast AsiaChapter 14 Chapter 11: Taverns and Their Influence on the Suburban Culture of Late Nineteenth-Century Mexico CityChapter 15 Chapter 12: Networks, Railroads, and Small Cities in the Ottoman Balkans

From the China Sea to the Persian Gulf—with excursions into Africa, Eastern Europe, and North America—the authors in this collection capture a world in motion. Through their eyes we see traders, government officials, and religious functionaries moving across shifting networks of commerce, culture, and faith—in the process shaping a world of cities that thrives far from the more familiar landmarks of western urbanism.

Kenneth R. Hall is professor of History at Ball State University. His most recent books are A History of Early Southeast Asia: Maritime Trade and Cultural Development; New Perspectives in the History and Historiography of Southeast Asia, Continuing Explorations (co-editor with Michael Aung-Thwin, 2011); Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Indian Ocean Realm, c. 1400-1800 (editor, 2008); and Structural Change in Early South India (editor, 2001/2005).

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Chapter 1: Cities, Networks, and Cultures of Knowledge: A Global OverviewPart 3 Part I: Urban Networking in the Early Indian Ocean RealmChapter 4 Chapter 2: Port-City Networking in the Indian Ocean Commercial System Represented in Geographic and Cartographic Works in China and the Islamic West from c. 750 to 1500Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Secondary Ports and Their Cults: Religious Innovation in the Port System of Greater Quangzhou (Southern China) in the 10th-12th CenturiesChapter 6 Chapter 4: Buddhist Conversions and the Creation of Urban Hierarchies in Vietnam and Cambodia, c. 1000-1200Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Why Did Le Van Thinh Revolt? Buddhism and Political Integration in Early 12th Century Dai VietChapter 8 Chapter 6: Khuba and Muslim Networks in the Indian Ocean (Part II) — Timurid and Ottoman EngagementsChapter 9 Chapter 7: Urbanization and Ironworking in the Nubian State TraditionPart 10 Part II: Secondary Cities and Urban Networking in the Non-Western World, c. 1500-1900Chapter 11 Chapter 8: Dengzhou and the Bohai Gulf in Seventeenth-Century Northeast AsiaChapter 12 Chapter 9: The Origins of the Post Designation System in the Qing Field Administration NetworkChapter 13 Chapter 10: The Collapse of the English Trade Entrepôts at Pulo Condore and Banjarmasin and the Legacy of Early British East India Company Urban Network-Building in Southeast AsiaChapter 14 Chapter 11: Taverns and Their Influence on the Suburban Culture of Late Nineteenth-Century Mexico CityChapter 15 Chapter 12: Networks, Railroads, and Small Cities in the Ottoman Balkans

From the China Sea to the Persian Gulf—with excursions into Africa, Eastern Europe, and North America—the authors in this collection capture a world in motion. Through their eyes we see traders, government officials, and religious functionaries moving across shifting networks of commerce, culture, and faith—in the process shaping a world of cities that thrives far from the more familiar landmarks of western urbanism.