with fire and sword as far as Tver and Torshok by Batu Khan(1237-1238), some years before his invasion of Poland and Silesia. Tartar tax-gatherers were established in the Russian cities as far north as Rostov and Jaroslawl,and for many years Russian princes as far as Novgorod paid homage to the… … Mediaeval Russian Church. (From Fergusson.) Note 2.—The Lac of this passage appears to be Wallachia. Abulfeia callsthe Wallachs Auldk ; Rubruquis Iliac, which he says is the same word as Blac (theusual European form of those days being Blachi, Blochia), but the Tartars could notpronounce the B (p.…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Inscriptions, Chinese
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