Voyager from Xanadu: Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520262379ISBN-10:520262379UPC:9780520262379Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, EuropeBook Topic:MedievalSize:8.10 x 5.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCTDCETN6A
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520262379ISBN-10:520262379UPC:9780520262379Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Asia, EuropeBook Topic:MedievalSize:8.10 x 5.50 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCTDCETN6A
Morris Rossabi is Distinguished Professor of History, City University of New York, and Adjunct Professor of Chinese and Mongolian History at Columbia University. He is the author of many books, including Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times (UC Press).
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