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 458
they weretall as palm-trees, and ruddy of countenance, but at the same time the most uncleanly people that God hath created, drunken, and fright-fully gross in their manners {Fraehiis Ibn Fozlan, p. 5, seqq.). IbnBituta is in some respects less flattering; he mentions the silver-minesnoticed in our… … Medieval Russian Church, from Fergusson. have silver-mines, and it is from their country that are brought thesaum or ingots of silver with which buying and selling is carried on inthis country (Kipchak or the Ponent of Polo). The weight of eachsatimah is 5 ounces (II. 414). Masudi also says: The…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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