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<p>From the author of Heretics comes this "informative and enjoyable glimpse at the travails and achievements of emissaries over thousands of years" ( Booklist ). We think of ambassadors as simply diplomats—but once they were adventurers who dared an uncertain fate in unknown lands, bringing gifts of greyhounds and elephants to powerful and unpredictable leaders. In vivid detail, The Ambassadors traces the remarkable journeys of these emissaries, taking us from the linguistically challenged Greek Megasthenes to the first Japanese embassies to China and Korea; from Mohammed's ambassadors to Egypt to the envoys of Byzantium, who had the unenviable task of convincing Attila the Hun to stop attacking them. We also witness the dialogue between Europe and Moorish Spain, and meet the ill-fated envoys sent in search of the mythical king Prester John. What Europe still thinks of Asia and what Asia still thinks of Africa were in no small part kindled in these long-ago first encounters. From the cuneiform civilizations of the ancient Near East to the clashing empires of the early modern age, JonathanWright brings alive the men who introduced the great cultures of the world to each other. "Ill

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Author

Jonathan Wright

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780156031462

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Ancient History

Rating

3.04 / 5 (27 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14