Meanwhile, the launch of the inaugural Bukhara Biennial later this year will mark a pivotal moment in the country’s emergence ...

In Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities, Marco Polo and Kublai Khan are sitting comfortably, the former regaling the latter with descriptions of the impossible places he has visited. Khan asks Polo ...

this cinematic piece intertwines live-action sequences with animation to narrate Polo's travels along the Silk Road and his encounters with the formidable Kublai Khan. Despite its ambitious scope and ...

The Venetian merchant and traveler, Marco Polo, recorded one version of the event. Polo, who traveled through the Mongol Empire in the late 13th century and met Genghis’ grandson Kublai Khan ...

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and Marco Polo captivated Western readers with his enchanting narrative about the wonders of Chinese paper money. He wrote that the Great Khan's paper money made from the bark of trees was in ...