
Voyager from Xanadu
Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West
- 248 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Voyager from Xanadu
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Illustrations
- Preface to the 2010 Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- A Note on Transliteration
- Principal Figures
- 1. Setting the Stage
- 2. A Pilgrimage to the West
- 3. The Mongols, the Muslims, and the Europeans
- 4. An Embassy to the West
- 5. Paris, Bordeaux, Rome, and Return
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR