How paper travelled from Samarkand to Europe
China invented paper, but the Islamic world spread it. The story of a material that changed bookmaking from Baghdad to Xàtiva and Fabriano.
Field
History
Cities, trade routes and the movement of ideas and goods between East and West.
Articles
Books
The Muqaddimah
Ibn Khaldun's introduction to his history, which became a classic in its own right on society, the state and the economy.
Papers
Paper and the book market in Abbasid Baghdad
How the spread of paper changed the knowledge economy of Baghdad, from the cost of copying to the rise of the booksellers' market.