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About the product About the series The Great Journeys series are exclusive editions for adventure lovers. The series presents the best books on the most famous sea and land expeditions of the past. In terms of the richness and variety of illustrations, the series is not inferior to art albums. Great design, excellent printing and captivating content make each volume in the Great Voyages series a fascinating reading and a wonderful gift. First-person narratives are complemented by eyewitness memories and many rare illustrations. Who is this book for? For home library collectors, connoisseurs of quality publications, for everyone who is interested in history and great personalities. Abstract 800 years ago, a bonfire flared up in Europe and Asia, the name of which was the Tatar-Mongol invasion. Its flame, burning everything in its path, rolled east and west, north and south, engulfing countries, peoples and civilizations. This fire was terrible, but the most desperate, curious and reckless Europeans — merchants, spies, missionaries, ambassadors — flew at it, like moths to a candle, and, if they returned, amazed the imagination of their compatriots with fantastic stories. Fortunately, many of these testimonies have survived. to the present day. And today we offer you exciting stories about the Golden Horde — the closest to Europe and one of the largest independent ulus (state), which emerged from the Mongol Empire in 1266. Many famous travelers have been here: Rashid ad-Din, Plano Carpini, Guillaume de Rubruk, Ibn Battuta, Johann Schiltberger. Their narratives cover almost the entire period of the existence of the Golden Horde and give us hope to understand how and from what a dangerous spark flares up, capable of turning into an all-consuming flame, and, possibly, find an answer to the still urgent question: how to prevent new fires. and all editions of the «Great Voyages» series, the book is beautifully designed, supplied with hundreds of black-and-white and color illustrations, detailed biographical and historical commentaries. …
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