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Voyager from Xanadu: Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West

Morris Rossabi

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UPC:
9780520262379
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2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2010-02-10
Author:
Morris Rossabi
Language:
english
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0
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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 Baghdadthe first traveler to arrive from ChinaSauma learned that his pilgrimage could not be fulfilled because of Islamic control of the Holy Land. In Voyager from Xanadu, Morris Rossabi traces Saumas 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.