Voyager from Xanadu : Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West PDF
by Morris Rossabi
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Toward the end of the thirteenth century, at about the time Marco Polo was being received by the great Khubilai Khan, a Nestorian Christian monk from China called Rabban Sauma was making the reverse journey from the Mongol capital (what is now Beijing) to Jerusalem. Upon reaching Baghdad-the first traveler to arrive from China-Sauma learned that his pilgrimage could not be fulfilled because of Islamic control of the Holy Land. In Voyager from Xanadu, Morris Rossabi traces Sauma's trans-Eurasian travels against the turbulent era of the Mongol Empire and the last Crusades. His indispensable book provides a unique first-hand Asian perspective on Europe and illuminates a crucial period in the early history of global, diplomatic, and commercial networking.
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- Pages:248 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:10/02/2010
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- ISBN:9780520946132
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:248 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:10/02/2010
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- ISBN:9780520946132