The Travels of Mar Yahballaha and Rabban Sawma with Thomas A. Carlson

The Medieval Podcast by Danièle Cybulskie

Jul 30, 202657:36Society & Culture

Pretty much everyone has heard about Marco Polo and his thirteenth-century journey from Italy to China. But just as the Polos were making their way east, two other intrepid travellers were making the journey in reverse....

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