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History's Living Voices: The Past, Told by Those Who Lived It

History's Living Voices: The Past, Told by Those Who Lived It

Marco Polo Describes the Mongols // 13th cent. Primary Source

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Thanks to Squarespace for sponsoring this video. Go to Squarespace.com for a free trial and when you’re ready to launch, go to http://squarespace.com/voices and add code “VOICES" at checkout to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.Uploaded 25-07-20-------------------------------------------------Here we have the famous explorer Marco Polo describing the Mongols as he knew them, under the great Kublai Khan.Taken from the translation by Henry Yule.Video actor and editor: David KellyIf this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up!https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast— Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:-https://www.youtube.com/historytime— Music courtesy of:- Epidemic SoundArtlist.ioWe try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit.Thanks to:Date 25 June 2019 Source Own work Author KoizumiBSBy Chinneeb - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18793938By Khiruge - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35549943By SY - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61617380By Shizhao - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5879422By Angus Cepka - Photo taken by Angus Cepka, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4167062By gongfu_king - DSCN0069, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7234520By PHGCOM - Own work, photographed at Tokyo Currency Museum, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9520436Globegroup1 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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