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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.

Diplomats --- Voyages and travels. --- Travel, Medieval. --- Travel. --- Ṣâuma, Rabban, --- 13th century. --- asian travel. --- baghdad. --- beijing. --- china. --- chinese monk. --- commercial networking. --- diplomacy. --- discussion books. --- engaging. --- europe. --- firsthand perspective. --- global travels. --- historical. --- history. --- holy land. --- islamic control. --- jerusalem. --- last crusades. --- medieval period. --- mongol capital. --- mongol empire. --- muslims. --- nestorian christian. --- nonfiction account. --- pilgrimage. --- rabban sauma. --- trans eurasian travel. --- travelogue. --- western travel. --- western world. --- world history. --- xanadu.