I don't want to sound mean or anything! But, Asian history doesn't really grasp me. I will try my best to blog about the Mongols, since the textbook has long chapter for it and received a packet for more reading. I will see what information can at least be somewhat interesting. Today is part 1 of the reading and I am going to use my packet for these blog. How the Mongol Empire was found? by Chingis Khan, there is a chance he didn't think about the wide impact of his help to encourage Europe's later quest of exploration and help take off direction that created the modern world. On page 252 (packet), source number 5 "Guyuk Khan's Letter to Pope Innocent IV" is interesting how a formal reply is sent to a plea from Innocent asking Guyuk to abstain from further incursions into Europe. Guyuk was caring to Christianity, no doubt because some of his chief advisors were followers of a Central Asian variety called Nestorianism. Source number 9 " From Francis Balducci Pegolotti, Book of Description of Countries" seems to be a book of laws. The first sentence in bold says " Things Needful For Merchants Who Desire To Make The Journey To Cathay Above Described." Clearly knowing that a Italian man wrote this is interesting how it was a manual to encourage Western merchants to venture across Inner Asia to China. That all I can find compelling in the packet, hopefully in the textbook, has other information not mention in the packet.
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