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 (ar 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, Blachla), but the Tartars could notpronounce the B (p.…
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Inscriptions, Chinese · Early maps · Mongols · Voyages and travels
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