Moslem Women in the Silk Road by Frances Wood

Moslem Women during Silk way trade Under the chapter titled A parquet circle of Roses: travelers to Ming China and Samarkand of The Silk Road book, an interesting reality caught my attention as I was reading about the travels of the envoys and the description of such cities as in Ming China and Samarkand. The mere word women is not at all written throughout the whole chapter. In fact, the influence, presence, and noticeableness of women throughout the chapter can be noticeable as the designer narrates about the trips, cities, and personalities. As a result of my analysis, it is clear that women in these places talked about were quietly and underminingly given importance as they were enured and seemed as subordinates. The entire chapter is such a contradictory ridicule regarding the importance and the social and scotch position women had. Women in the Middle-East, portionicularly in places such as Samarkand were important to the social and economic structure of such cultures. Women in the Middle-East had a slight more(prenominal) than attention than in China. Persian envoys were awed as how at Jiayuguan, one of the cities they visited in China, the Emperor set them with great feasts, parties, and servant attentions.

In one of these parties it is written that a group of recent men were entertainers doing acrobatics and dancing, playing all kinds of performances (Wood 131). Women had no part in any of these activities. On the contrary, in Samarkand, women had a more active role, even though they were not openly praised and were treated as subordinates. In moslem culture there were practices of hedonism in which women were the protagonists of these activities. That was a subtle way of praising women, even though it was done in an undermining way. Women were not hidden or abstracted during these activities. An illustration on page 145 of the book The Silk Road reflects the western conceptions of the sumptuous hedonism of the east. Women contributed to the economy of their... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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