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Turning point · The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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1235 — Ögedei walls a capital in the Orkhon valley: a cosmopolis of mosques, churches, temples and a silver drink-fountain built by a captured Parisian goldsmith. Friar William of Rubruck debates theology here before the khan — and finds Europe is not the center of anyone’s map.
This is one scene of Chapter 7 — The Machinery of Empire in The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294.
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