Asia Inside Out: Changing TimesThe first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial, and human dimensions of inter Asian connections, Asia Inside Out: Changing Times brings into focus the diverse networks and dynamic developments that have linked peoples from Japan to Yemen over the past five centuries. Each author examines an unnoticed moment a single year or decade that redefined Asia in some important way. Heidi Walcher explores the founding of the Safavid dynasty in the