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CHINGGIS KHAN, R. 1206-1227

MONGOL CONQUESTS TO CA. 1260

MATTHEW PARIS’ VISION OF THE MONGOLS, CA. 1250

THE SIEGE OF BAGHDAD, 1258

THE MONGOLS PASSED THIS WAY

A 13TH-CENTURY GRENADE

THE MONGOL EMPIRE CA. 1290 AND THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO

A PAIZA

MONGOL CLOTH OF GOLD AND SILVER, SUBIACO CA. 1350

AN IMAGINATIVE DEPICTION OF MARCO POLO

THE CASKET OF A TURKIC “NESTORIAN” CHRISTIAN

THE TRAVELS OF RABBAN SAUMA, CA. 1275-1288

NICHOLAS IV’S LETTER TO ARGHUN

13TH- AND 14TH-CENTURY LATIN CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES IN ASIA

TOMBSTONE OF KATERINA VILIONI (D. 1342)YANGZHOU

FROM THE VIRGIN OF HUMILITY TO THE CHILD-GIVING GUANYIN

AMIR TËMUR (TAMERLANE), 1370-1405

AMIR TËMUR’S MAUSOLEUM

TËMUR’S TOMB

THE REGISTAN, SAMARQAND

THE WONDERS OF PERSIAN ART