The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian : concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East (1871)
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · London : John Murray · leaf 236
and feeding on all abominations, never washing and neverusing wine, salt, nor wheat, shall come forth in the Day of Antichrist fromwhere they lie shut up behind the Caspian Gates, and make horrid devas-tation. No wonder that the etuption of the Tartars was connected withthis prophetic legend ! The… … View of Derbend. 54 MARCO POLO. Book I. Golden Calf. They are the people whom Alexander Magnus shut upin the Caspian Mountains. According to some chroniclers, the Emperor Heraclius had alreadylet loose the Shut-up Nations to aid him against the Persians, but itbrought him no good, for he was beaten…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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