Living Worlds
Karakorum: felt gers beside a small walled town where temples, a mosque and a church stand side by side, caravans arriving.

950–1350 · Karakorum, 1254

Crossroads

Every faith has a house here.

The law of Crossroads

Every faith has a house here.

Karakorum, 1254: a small capital on the Mongolian steppe, where Chinese, Muslim and Christian quarters sit side by side, and merchants and envoys arrive from across Eurasia.

A Persian silversmith at his bench in Karakorum as a herder brings mare's milk.

A life in Crossroads · composite, based on the record

A silversmith, forty-five

He came from Persia and works silver for the court. A herder brings him mare's milk every morning.

Meanwhile, in the same age

Worlds joined by sea and road

A double-hulled voyaging canoe with pandanus sails on the open Pacific at dusk.

Which world will you live in?