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How the Muslims of Canton Saved China in 1582: Christian Fantasies, Jesuit Tricksterism, and the Early Modern Indian Ocean 

Talk

How the Muslims of Canton Saved China in 1582
Credit: National Museum of African Art/Smithsonian Institution

when 6:30‐8pm where NYUAD Campus, Conference Center who NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
Open to the Public

How the Muslims of Canton Saved China in 1582: Christian Fantasies, Jesuit Tricksterism, and the Early Modern Indian Ocean 

Traveling from Canton to Lisbon and back via Aden and Jiddah, Hormuz and the Straights of Malaka, this talk connects China, India, and the Philippines and the 16th century Indian Ocean in a tale of espionage, adventure, war and religion.

Speaker
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, Professor of History, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, NYU


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