Kashgar Resources
Step 2: Identify your Artifact
Arms and Armour
- European Arms and Armour
- Chinese Arms and Armour
- Asian and African Arms and Armour
- Mughal Arms and Armour
- Islamic Arms and Armour Reconstructions
Ceramics
Decorative Arts
- Islamic Decorative Arts
- Mughal Decorative Art
- Medieval Decorative Arts
- Renaissance Decorative Arts
- Buddhist Art
- Chinese Decorative Arts
Astrolabe
Step 3: The Artifact in Context
- Chinese and Japanese Painting
- Islamic Manuscript Paintings
- Mughal Painting
- 15th and 16th Century Persian Manuscript Paintings
- European Painting during the Renaissance
- Tudor and Stuart Portrait Galleries
Additional Resources
Research Links
- Islamic Arms and Armor
- Islamic Bows
- The Weapons of War of the Indo-Islamic Armies
- Tulwar sword
- Dhal Shield
- Indian Shields, Swords and Daggers
- Islamic Arts and Architecture: Arms and Armour Collection
- Islamic Arms and Armor-Metropolitan Museum
- Tabar (axe)
- Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization-Military Technology
- Matchlock
- The Varieties of Japanese Matchlocks
- Japanese Matchlock gun and Pistol
- Japanese Bajozutsu
- Chinese Arms and Armour
- Chinese Swords
- A typology of Chinese sabers
- Chinese Martial Art Swords
- Jian 1
- Jian 2
- Song and Yuan Swords
- Liuyedao: Willow Leaf Saber
- Yanmaodao: Goose Quill Saber
- Of geese and willows
- Ming and Qing Swords
- Classical Chinese Armour
- Armour and Designs for the Silk Roads
- Bow Holsters and Quivers
- Spotlight: The Rondel Dagger
- Rondel Dagger
- Katar Weapon
- Shamshir
Research Links
Research Links
- The Art of Asia: Ceramics
- Art of the Silk Road
- The Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin-Chinese Ceramics
- Chinese Online Museum-Chinese Ceramics
- A Beginner’s Guide to Chinese Porcelain Vase Shapes
Research Links
- The Art of Asia
- China Online Museum
- Discover Islamic Art
- Iraq and China: Ceramics, Trade and Innovation
- Islamic architecture
- Arts of the Islamic World: Freer Sackler Collection
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Timurids and Turkmen: The David Collection
- The Ottomans: The David Collection
- The Safavids and their Successors
- Medieval Manuscripts of the Bodelian Library
- Metropolitan Museum Medieval Arts Highlights
- Asia Society: The Collection in Context
- A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization
- Elim Museum of Ancient Chinese Ceramics
- Art of the Silk Road
- Luxury Arts of the Silk Road Empires
- The Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin
- Online Museum Resources: Art & Trade on the Silk Road
- The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp
- The Maritime Republics of Venice, Genoa and Pisa
Additional Links
- A Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Educators
- Finger Nail Protector
- Astrolabe
- Asian Flute Gallery
- Dizi (Chinese Transverse Flute)
- Jhanjh
- The Mongols in World History
- The Legacy of Ghengis Khan
- The Art of Asia: Chinese Dynasty Guide
- Ancient China for Kids : The Silk Road
- The Silk Road: Materials for an e-History
- Silk Road
- Silk Road Seattle Project- Historical texts
- Silk Road Map
- Silk Road Atlas
- The Silk Road
- History of Silk
- Kashgar: China’s Western Doorway
- Kashgar Photo Gallery
- Kashgar: The Mythical , The Legendary.
