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Marco Polo called China “Catai," as in Cathay, a name derived from
Karakitay, an 11th century Buddhist empire in western China. Beijing was
referred to as Cambalue, a corruption of the Turkish name Khanbalikh,
“Khan's city." Polo wrote repeatedly about China's wealth in silk and
spices and declared that the Chinese people had “all things in great
abundance." Among his exaggerations were that Hangzhou has 12,000
bridges and Suzhou had 6,000
REACHING SHANGRILA TRHU THE GANGES RIVER OF INDIA
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