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An Envoy State: Turfan and the Integration of Medieval Eurasia

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Program in Medieval Studies
Location
Levis Faculty Center 210
Date
Oct 3, 2025   5:00 - 7:00 pm  
Contact
Carol Symes
E-Mail
symes@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Campus Humanities Calendar

2nd annual Lux Veritatis Lecture with Prof. Xin Wen (Princeton) ~~ The Central Asian kingdom of Turfan clothed the bodies of the dead with used papers which reveal that an extraordinary number of travelers from all over Eurasia converged there. To provide for their needs, Turfan fashioned itself into an “envoy state” which enabled the cultural and political integration of the early medieval world. 

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