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TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. Authenticity of the Work — Manuscripts una Editions Consulted. Doubts as to Authenticity — Causes — Their ...

The author of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series returns with an all-new novel of adventure and intrigue featuring his unbeatable hero of the high seas ...

The best-selling author revisits the past as he journeys through Eastern Europe, Central Asia, India, China, Japan, and Siberia on a train ride of adventure, ...

Now a classic of the travel genre, The Great Railway Bazaar chronicles Paul Theroux's adventures by rail from Victoria Station in London to Tokyo Central, told ...

Why modern states and economies developed in Europe first, and later in India and China.

Tells of the true adventures of Ibn Battuta, a fourteenth-century traveler who, like Marco Polo, set forth on a seventy-five thousand mile journey of discovery ...

This comprehensive volume provides teachers and students with broad and stimulating perspectives on Asian history and its place in world and Western history.

From the critically acclaimed author of the Emperor series comes a sweeping novel chronicling the rise to power of Genghis Khan, one of the world's most ...

From the bestselling author of "Over the Edge of the World" comes the fascinating, definitive biography of one of the earliest world travelers. 24 pages of ...

The new edition of the author's insightful and often troubling analysis of American foreign policy focuses on the unintended negative consequences of American ...

... OF MABCO POLO BOOK I. PROLOGUE.' Ye emperors, kings, dukes, marquises, earls , and knights, and all other people desirous of knowing the diversities of ...

World Bank Technical Paper No. 385.

A conflict between a powerful black marketeer and his fellow prisoners at a Japanese POW camp leads to tragedy

Tracing the history of Asia between A.D. 700 and 1500, a critical study describes the important influence of Asia's great civilization on the West, as traveling ...

362 0 t. 1-11, juil. 1822-déc. 1827; [2. ser.] t. 1-16, jan. 1828-déc. 1835; 3. sér., t. 1-14, jan. 1836-déc. 1842; 4. sér., t. 1-20, jan. 1843-déc. 1852; ...

... is the key to any understanding of the great cycle of South Asian history ( Map 2). But a reader whose perception of the word 'migration' is shaped by ...

Rivals explains and explores the ways in which this sometimes bitter rivalry will play out over the next decade-in business, global politics, military ...

Tells the story of Marco Polo's journey to China, describing some of the things he saw while in the service of Kublai Khan. Written in graphic-novel format.

Compares the economic and social background of modern democracies and dictatorships

This monumental series, acclaimed as a "masterpiece of comprehensive scholarship" in the New York Times Book Review, reveals the impact of Asia's high ...