The Silk Road: Part 3
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THE SILK
ROAD: PART
3
F R O M TH E M
O N G O L S TO T
H E TI M
U R I DS
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
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