Voyager From Xanadu
Rabban Sauma and the First Journey From China to the West
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2870995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wayne Schlepp (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 275 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Voyager from Xanadu: Rabban Sauma and the First Journey from China to the West, Morris Rossabi, 2010 |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2759381 |
| OpenAlex | W2085758292 |
| Language | EN |
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
Ancient history · Archaeology · China · Geography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History
In the garden of the world
The Chin dynasty
The Mongols and the Arab Middle East
The reign of Khubilai khan
The Ilkhanate, 1260–1335
The Mongols and Europe
The Yüan government and society
Religious Exchange
The rise of the Mongolian empire and Mongolian rule in north China
Mid-Yüan politics
The Hsi Hsia
Chinese society under Mongol rule, 1215–1368
Shun-ti and the end of Yüan rule in China
Performing the World
"The Idea of "International System
Recent Literature in Discovery History
Revisioning modernity
England and the Mongols ( c. 1260–1330 )
Christian–Muslim Relations in China and Japan in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
Eleanor of castile and the crusading movement
Manuel I Komnenos and the Stone of Unction
Marco Polo and His 'Travels
The Postal Roads of the Great Khans in Central Asia under the Mongol-Yuan Empire
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |