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Voyager from Xanadu Morris Rossabi

Voyager from Xanadu By Morris Rossabi

Voyager from Xanadu by Morris Rossabi


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Toward the end of the 13th 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 to Jerusalem. This book traces Sauma's trans-Eurasian travels against the era of the Mongol Empire and the last Crusades.

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

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.

Voyager from Xanadu Reviews

Timely... Well-fashioned... A very helpful resource. -- Steven Heine, Florida International University European Legacy

About Morris Rossabi

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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CIN0520262379VG
9780520262379
0520262379
Voyager from Xanadu: Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West by Morris Rossabi
Used - Very Good
Paperback
University of California Press
20100210
248
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