Voyager From Xanadu: Rabban Sauma and the First Journey From China to the West.
1993; University of British Columbia; Volume: 66; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2759381
ISSN1715-3379
AutoresWayne Schlepp, Morris Rossabi,
Tópico(s)Eurasian Exchange Networks
ResumoToward 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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