The Travels of Marco Polo · Location
Balkh
Also known as Balc
- city
- Persian
The once-great city of Balkh on the edge of the Afghan highlands, remembered as a noble but ruined stage of the road. Polo’s Balc is the same ancient city.
- Type
- city
- Style
- Persian
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 62
- Books
- 1
History
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
The once-great city of Balkh on the edge of the Afghan highlands, remembered as a noble but ruined stage of the road. Polo’s Balc is the same ancient city.
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