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Primary Sources in the Study of Medieval Asia

These sites offer period documents concerning Asia during the Middle Ages.
China and the Chinese ...
Scholarly article by Robert Bedrosian focuses on information about China contained in 5-13th Century Classical Armenian Sources.
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
Extensive collection of primary and secondary sources concerning China, Japan, and Korea, provided online by Paul Halsall at Fordham University.
John of Monte Corvino: Report from China 1305
The Franciscan priest's report of his journey across Central Asia, at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.

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