Rabban Bar Sauma

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Rabban Bar Sauma born?Circa 1220
2. Where was Rabban Bar Sauma born?Yuan China
3. What is the career?Monk of the Church of the East, diplomat, and chronicler
4. Who was Rabban Bar Sauma?Rabban Bar Sauma was a monk from China who traveled far across the world to meet kings and the Pope.
5. Why did he travel to Europe?He went to Europe to ask the kings and the Pope for an alliance with the Mongol Empire against common enemies.

Uyghur: A Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia and northwestern China.
Franco-Mongol Alliance: A proposed military alliance between the European states and the Mongol Empire against common enemies in the Middle East.
Chronicler: A person who writes accounts of historical events.