They Came Before Marco Polo

The compelling story of China's African ancestry is revealed. The readers are exposed to the history of a black Mongolian dynasty in China, early Swahili sailors and merchants visiting the Chinese imperial court, and the Black impact on the architecture, calligraphy, paintings, poetry, and spiritual systems of China and Japan. The author retraces the steps of the Italian explorer, Marco Polo and documents the black groups he cited in his travels on the Silk Road, in Southern China...
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The compelling story of China's African ancestry is revealed. The readers are exposed to the history of a black Mongolian dynasty in China, early Swahili sailors and merchants visiting the Chinese imperial court, and the Black impact on the architecture, calligraphy, paintings, poetry, and spiritual systems of China and Japan. The author retraces the steps of the Italian explorer, Marco Polo and documents the black groups he cited in his travels on the Silk Road, in Southern China and in India. THEY CAME BEFORE MARCO POLO gives a passionate and rare account of the African peoples' story in the Far East.