Marco Polo's China
Stephen G. Haw • 2005 • Routledge
- Author
- Stephen G. Haw
- First published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Genres
- History
- ISBN
- 9780415348508
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Published by Routledge in 2005, Marco Polo's China by Stephen G. Haw emerged as a scholarly attempt to reconcile the historical account of Polo's travels with modern geographical and archaeological findings. Haw, an expert in the history of China, aimed to move beyond the centuries-old debates regarding the veracity of Polo's descriptions of the Mongol Empire by providing a rigorous analysis of his observations, specifically regarding the infrastructure, administration, and urban life under Kublai Khan.
The book serves as both a historical biography and a travel companion to the text Il Milione. Haw draws upon his deep knowledge of Chinese historical sources to explain the context of the Yuan dynasty, providing clarity on terms and locations that have historically puzzled Western readers. It was received by academics and historians as a thoughtful, well-researched contribution to the study of East-West relations during the Middle Ages, praised for grounding the often-mythologized narratives of Polo in the reality of thirteenth-century Chinese history.
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