Voices in Time

Voices In Time

Intoxication

c. 700 | Baghdad

Hard Times

Caught in Baghdad with your pants down.More

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Happiness

c. 1105 | Tus

World to Come

Al-Ghazali on the alchemy of happiness.More

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Family

1129 | Syria

Battle Scars

Finding one’s brother on the battlefield.More

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Home

c. 700 | Medina

Bedroom Community

Housing the wives of the prophet.More

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Death

c. 710 | Kyushu

Lost Child

Yamanoue no Okura on the death of his son.More

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Friendship

838 | Luoyang

Mad Men

Bai Juyi grows old with his best friend.More

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Eros

c. 1250 | Konya

Not Like This Before

Like this. More

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Arts & Letters

c. 1075 | China

The Inner Bamboo

Su Shi tries to capture nature’s true spirit.More

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Death

c. 500 | Persia

To the Dogs and the Birds

The Zoroastrian way of death.More

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The Sea

690 | Naka

Washed Ashore

On finding a man lost at sea.More

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Ways of Learning

c. 585 | Chang’an

Polished Gold

There is no reward without effort.More

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Energy

c. 944 | Al-Fustat

Ebb and Flow

Following the water there and back again.More

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Food

c. 1030 | China

Acquired Tastes

A regional survey of Chinese delicacies.More

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Foreigners

c. 860 | China

License and Registration

Traveling in medieval China.More

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Flesh

c. 1082 | Tabaristan

Market Research

The buying and selling of flesh. More

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c. 700 | Baghdad

c. 1105 | Tus

1129 | Syria

c. 700 | Medina

c. 710 | Kyushu

838 | Luoyang

c. 1250 | Konya

c. 1075 | China

c. 500 | Persia

690 | Naka

c. 585 | Chang’an

c. 944 | Al-Fustat

c. 1030 | China

c. 860 | China

c. 1082 | Tabaristan