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DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. Watch online.Islamic maritime trad
 e was one of the principal carries of global trade in the 10th century\, s
 tretching from China to Spain. The main elements of that trade were things
  that we today might call luxury commodities: musk\, cinnamon\, sulfur\, p
 earls\, pepper\, rubies bird&rsquo\;s nests\, agarwood\, ambergris\, and c
 amphor. These and an array of other &ndash\; often lightweight &ndash\; co
 mmodities were all more valuable than gold. None of them came from China. 
 Instead\, they came from chieftain societies in complex sets of upstream a
 nd downstream exchanges that leave almost no record in historical accounts
 . As a consequence\, though there is ample evidence of these commodities i
 n the metropole\, there has been scant attention played to the upstream ex
 changes. What did the people who procured or harvested these commodities g
 et for their efforts\, and what exactly was the nature of the economy that
  fed these commodities into the global supply chains? The paper explores w
 hat I call Dark Matter Economy and its essential role not just in the hist
 ory of global exchanges\, but also in the history of architecture.Speaker:
  Mark JarzombekMark Jarzombek is a Professor of the History and Theory of 
 Architecture and Life member of the Society of Architectural Historians.&n
 bsp\;Diplom Architekt. ETH: 1980\, Ph.D. MIT: 1986Jarzombek works on a wid
 e range of topics &ndash\; both historical and theoretical. He is one of t
 he country&rsquo\;s leading advocates for global history and has published
  several books and articles on that topic\, including the ground-breaking 
 textbook entitled A Global History of Architecture (Wiley Press\, 2006) wi
 th co-author Vikramaditya Prakash and with the noted illustrator Francis D
 .K. Ching. He is the sole author of Architecture of First Societies: A Glo
 bal Perspective&nbsp\; (Wiley Press\, 2013)\, which includes custom-made d
 rawings\, maps and photographs. The book builds on the latest research in 
 archeological and anthropological knowledge while at the same time challen
 ging some of their received perspectives.&nbsp\;His most recent book is Ar
 chitecture Constructed: Notes on a Discipline (Bloomsbury\, 2023)\, that s
 tudies the frictions divided between the architect and contractor\, positi
 oning it with the problematic of Eurocentrism.&nbsp\;Jarzombek&rsquo\;s gr
 ound-breaking work on global architecture history was highlighted by a 3.5
  million dollar grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that Jarzombek 
 received with co-PI\, Vikramaditya Prakash (University of Washington\, Sea
 ttle)\, to create a new scholarly entity called Global Architecture Histor
 y Teaching Collaborative (GAHTC). Promoting the development and exchange o
 f teaching materials for architectural history education across the globe\
 , the collaborative provides awards to members and their teams to develop 
 new lecture material from global perspectives.
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SUMMARY:Islam and the Global Luxury Commodity Trade in the 10th century
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Free and open to the public. </p><p>Islamic maritim
 e trade was one of the principal carries of global trade in the 10th centu
 ry\, stretching from China to Spain. The main elements of that trade were 
 things that we today might call luxury commodities: musk\, cinnamon\, sulf
 ur\, pearls\, pepper\, rubies bird&rsquo\;s nests\, agarwood\, ambergris\,
  and camphor. These and an array of other &ndash\; often lightweight &ndas
 h\; commodities were all more valuable than gold. None of them came from C
 hina. Instead\, they came from chieftain societies in complex sets of upst
 ream and downstream exchanges that leave almost no record in historical ac
 counts. As a consequence\, though there is ample evidence of these commodi
 ties in the metropole\, there has been scant attention played to the upstr
 eam exchanges. What did the people who procured or harvested these commodi
 ties get for their efforts\, and what exactly was the nature of the econom
 y that fed these commodities into the global supply chains? The paper expl
 ores what I call Dark Matter Economy and its essential role not just in th
 e history of global exchanges\, but also in the history of architecture.</
 p><p><strong>Speaker: Mark Jarzombek</strong></p><div><p>Mark Jarzombek is
  a Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture and Life member of 
 the Society of Architectural Historians.&nbsp\;<span style="background-col
 or:transparent\;color:inherit\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;tex
 t-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:
 auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Diplom Architekt. ETH: 1980\, Ph.D. MIT: 1986
 </span></p><p><span style="background-color:transparent\;color:inherit\;fo
 nt-family:inherit\;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:i
 nherit\;word-spacing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;"></sp
 an><span style="background-color:initial\;color:inherit\;font-family:inher
 it\;font-size:inherit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-sp
 acing:normal\;caret-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">Jarzombek works on 
 a wide range of topics &ndash\; both historical and theoretical. He is one
  of the country&rsquo\;s leading advocates for global history and has publ
 ished several books and articles on that topic\, including the ground-brea
 king textbook entitled A Global History of Architecture (Wiley Press\, 200
 6) with co-author Vikramaditya Prakash and with the noted illustrator Fran
 cis D.K. Ching. He is the sole author of Architecture of First Societies: 
 A Global Perspective&nbsp\; (Wiley Press\, 2013)\, which includes custom-m
 ade drawings\, maps and photographs. The book builds on the latest researc
 h in archeological and anthropological knowledge while at the same time ch
 allenging some of their received perspectives.&nbsp\;</span></p></div><div
 ><span style="background-color:initial\;font-family:inherit\;font-size:inh
 erit\;text-align:inherit\;text-transform:inherit\;word-spacing:normal\;car
 et-color:auto\;white-space:inherit\;">His most recent book is Architecture
  Constructed: Notes on a Discipline (Bloomsbury\, 2023)\, that studies the
  frictions divided between the architect and contractor\, positioning it w
 ith the problematic of Eurocentrism.</span></div><div>&nbsp\;</div><div>Ja
 rzombek&rsquo\;s ground-breaking work on global architecture history was h
 ighlighted by a 3.5 million dollar grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundat
 ion that Jarzombek received with co-PI\, Vikramaditya Prakash (University 
 of Washington\, Seattle)\, to create a new scholarly entity called Global 
 Architecture History Teaching Collaborative (GAHTC). Promoting the develop
 ment and exchange of teaching materials for architectural history educatio
 n across the globe\, the collaborative provides awards to members and thei
 r teams to develop new lecture material from global perspectives.</div>
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