Explorers of Asia
Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration.
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Al-Biruni
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his 11th-century book India, one of the first scholarly works about the country.
10 June 2010
Featuring: James Montgomery, Hugh Kennedy, Amira Bennison
CultureExplorers of AsiaIslamic philosophersAsharis, Muslim critics of atheismAstronomical instrument makersAstronomers of the medieval Islamic worldMedieval Iranian pharmacologists, Transoxanian Islamic scholarsAlchemists of the medieval Islamic worldPsychology in the medieval Islamic worldCritics of deismMarco Polo
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the travels of the celebrated Venetian explorer Marco Polo.
24 May 2012
Featuring: Frances Wood, Joan Pau Rubies, Debra Higgs Strickland