Site created by Michael Crouch, © 2001.


Links

The University of Toronto Humanities Centre
A site about the University's seminar event exploring Marco Polo and the Encounter of East and West


National Geographic: Marco Polo

Marco Polo and Korcula

The Mongol Empire

Kublai Khan

Islam and the Crusades

Medieval Sourcebook:
Marco Polo on the Tartars


Medieval Sourcebook:
The Crusades


Medieval Sourcebook:
History of wetsern civilisation: The Crusades
by Dr. Ellis L. Knox of Boise State University


Medieval Sourcebook:
Marco Polo and the Glories of Kinsay (Hangchow) C.1300


Afghanistan Online

Storm Comics - Tales of Marco Polo.   Click on the Gallery link to access montage artworks featuring two of the many stories from Marco Polo's book, The Last Caliph and The Old Man of the Mountain

Storm Comics - The Tale of Genghis Ken   Click on the Gallery link to access a fictional tale in comic strip form about a man named Ken Chingiz and drawing on the history of Genghis Khan
 
Introduction

The Book

Marco's World

The Crusades

The Mongols

The Merchants of Venice

The Travels

Kublai Khan

The Voyage Home

Man of a Million Lies?

Timeline

Bibliography

A Note on Religion

A Note on the Texts

Map of Marco's Journey

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