Dsicovererors CHapters 17-19

Missionary Diplomats

Silk Road

1200 - 1300

Tartar Invasion

1241 - 1242

Pope Innocent IV

1243

Organized Council at Lyons to address Tartar Invasion

Friar William

1245

Described Don River and Parts of Russia.

Friar John of Pian de Carpine

April 1245

Dispatched to Great Khan, Kuyuk Khan . Provided a detailed report of his 2 year journey to Mongolia and the Great Khan.

The Discovery of Asia

Polo

1254 - 1324

Marco Polo Travels to Asia

1271

Travels to Asia with Father and Uncle. Spends 17 years in Khans Court.

Marco Polo escorts Tartar princess to Persia

1292

Marco Polo Arrives in Venice

1295

Marco Polo Taken Prisoner

1298

Meets Rustichello of Pisa who records Polo's travels.

Rustichello

1299

Writes "A Description of the World" chronicling Polo's Adventures.

The Land Curtain Comes Down

Mongol Empire

1200 - 1450

Friar John Montcorvino

1289 - 1295

Dispatched by Pope Nicholas IV to China. Arrived in Peking, 1295. Appointed Archbishop of Peking in 1307.

Toghon Temur Khan

1320 - 1370

The last of the Mongol emperors. Palace of Deep Clarity.

Friar Ordoric of Pordenone

1330

Gave new details of life in China.

Friar John of Marignolli

1342

Arrived in China

Ming Dynasty begins

1368

Defeated the Mongols. Interrupted safe passage from Europe to the East.

CC Timeline & History Sentence

East-West Schism

1054 AD

Francis of Assisi

1181 AD - 1226 AD

Genhis Khan unites Mongols

1206

Ghengis Khan