The Elephant and the Bishop: How Arabs Used a Persian Game from India to Make Europe Modern

Internationally-acclaimed scholar Torbjörn Wandel, professor of history at Truman State University, traces the history of chess from its ancient origins in seventh-century India, across the Silk Road to Persia, and across the Islamic world to Moorish Spain and medieval Europe, illustrating new patterns of early globalization and a fresh perspective on the advent of modernity.

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