Voyager from Xanadu
Morris Rossabi
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University of California Press
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Regional- und Ländergeschichte
Beschreibung
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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trans eurasian travel, historical, nonfiction account, world history, last crusades, jerusalem, rabban sauma, beijing, china, xanadu, 13th century, engaging, muslims, nestorian christian, asian travel, medieval period, discussion books, commercial networking, baghdad, chinese monk, western world, pilgrimage, history, islamic control, mongol empire, europe, travelogue, firsthand perspective, holy land, global travels, western travel, mongol capital, diplomacy