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Identifier: russianroadtochi00bateuoft (find matches)
Title: The Russian road to China
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Bates, Lindon Wallace, 1883-1915
Subjects: Trans-Siberian railroad Siberia (Russia) -- Description and travel China -- Description and travel
Publisher: Boston Houghton Mifflin company
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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through,not sparing sex, age or dignity, and hoping to ex-tinguish the rest of mankind. The general destruc-tion of the world and specially of Christendom callsfor speedy help and succour. The men areof short stature but square and well-set, rough and courageous, have broad faces, frown-ing lookes, horrible cries agreeing to their hearts.They are incomparable archers. Heartily we adjure your majestie in behalfe ofthe common necessitie, that with instant care andprudent deliberation, you diligently prepare speedyaide of strong knights and other armed Men-at-arms. Throughout Europe the dread was universal. In1248 Pope Innocent IV sent to the Tatars an em-bassy with money, begging them to cease their rav-ages. Failing, he summoned Christendom. Louis IXof France prepared a crusade. The fishermen ofEngland could not sell their herrings because theirusual customers, the Swedes, had remained at hometo defend Scandinavia. Fortunately, the tide ofwestern Mongol invasion had spent itself. After
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C3 o H OI? X o ao X z; o THE STORY OF THE HORDES 343 wasting the Danube district, the death of the GreatKhan recalled Batui in 1245. Syrian archives reveal the Mongols next appear-ance. In 1243 Hatthon, King of Armenia, soughtMangu Khan at Cambaluc (Peking), praying himto fight the Saracens and recover Jerusalem. Mangusent his general, who speedily took Antioch, spoiledAleppo, and sacked the city of Bagdad. When the latter was stormed, Haloon, the Mon-gol general, ordered that the Caliph be brought aliveinto his presence. There had been found in the citya quite surprising booty in treasure and riches.Haloon asked why the CaHph had not used hiswealth to levy mercenaries and defend his country.The Caliph replied that he had deemed his ownpeople sufficient to withstand the Mongols. Thenthe Khan announced that the precious things whichhad been so cherished would be alone left to themiserable man, who was shut into a chamber withhis pearls and gold for sustenance and perished intorments. T

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  • bookauthor:Bates__Lindon_Wallace__1883_1915
  • booksubject:Trans_Siberian_railroad
  • booksubject:Siberia__Russia_____Description_and_travel
  • booksubject:China____Description_and_travel
  • bookpublisher:Boston_Houghton_Mifflin_company
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  • bookleafnumber:424
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