In the fourth appointment of the conference series ‘Middle Ages on the Move‘,  Antonio Musarra has explained to us the history of the Silk Roads, passing from Crimea and reaching the Far East. He has also examined the Codex Cumanicus as a linguist legacy of the commercial and religious exchanges happening along the (Silk) road.
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Nicole Kançal-Ferrari focused her talk on architectural diversity in medieval Crimea, highlighting the great intersectionality of the Crimean architectural heritage.
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Nicole Kançal-Ferrari is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Design, Marmara University, Istanbul. She is the author of numerous books, book chapters, and articles on Turkish and Islamic art and architecture. Her specific research interests encompass the material culture of the Northern Black Sea Region, with a particular emphasis on the Golden Horde and Crimean Khanates; the culture of death in the Ottoman environment; and Islamic visual and architectural culture along with its agency.

Antonio Musarra is Associate Professor of Medieval History at La Sapienza University in Rome. He specializes in medieval Genoa, the Crusades and the Latin East, and Italian expansion in the medieval Mediterranean (11th to 15th centuries). His research interests include merchant networks, navigation, and naval warfare. He is the author of more than 20 monographs and 120 articles and is currently completing a new book on Bethlehem in Medieval time.