prelude shoulder to shoulder, under the starry sky chapter ⅰ an encyclopedia of civilizations origin of agriculture: early encounter with seeds burning kiln fire: from pottery to porcelain cotton and silk: weaving beautiful garments architecture and towns: maturity and rise of civilizations oriental music: vibrant ancient rhythms wonderful wheel: exploring distant lands figures and math: basis of laws and rules written language: sen information across space and time code of hammurabi: the earliest written law confucianism: confucius oriental philosophy religion: cradle of human beliefs chapter ⅱ inheritance and innovation the silk road: outstan example of dialogue between civilizations cultural relics: memories of splendid civilizations asian culture: a diverse cultural system ao dai and batik: lasting vitality of traditional clothing persian rugs: treasures of art on the ground the festival of the tooth: legacies of sinhalese culture maldives: endowment by mother nature burj khalifa: sky-scraping human imagination coloring civilizations: harmony in diversity chapter ⅲ a history of exchange chinese civilization: openness and integration icing methods: learning from others and innovating integration: charm and results of exchange and mutual learning samarkand paper: exchange changed the world grand cityscape of changan: attracting guests from all directions lapis lazuli road: developed international trade spread of religions: flowing cultural forces indian sari and water-sprinkling festival: charm of flowing culture phoenician alphabet: origin of the alphabet in the world arab spices: influencing the worlds gustatory sense one thousand and one nights: most splendid monument of folk literature arab culture: the harakah al-tarjamah preserved books learn from each other for a harmonious world epilogue mon aspiration, shared responsibility5
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