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"How is it," he asked, turning to the Russian ambassador, "that you Russians are not content with your vast empire, the most extensive in the world, stretching from the banks of the Rhine to the Celestial Mountains and the Kara-Korum, whose shores are washed by the Frozen Ocean, the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean? Then, what is the use of threats?
Armenia Minor Armenia Mount Ararat Georgia Mosul, Baghdad, Bussorah, Tauris Persia The Province of Kirman Comadi Ormuz The Old Man of the Mountain Cheburgan Balkh Cashmir Kashgar Samarcand Kotan The Desert Tangun Kara-Korum Signan-fu The Great Wall Chang-tou The residence of Kublaï-Khan Cambaluc, now Pekin The Emperor's fêtes His hunting Description of Pekin Chinese Mint and bank-notes The system of posts in the Empire.
This was another détour, as it lay directly north of their route, but they wished to visit Kara-Korum, the celebrated capital of Tartary, where Rubruquis had been in 1254.
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