16. Bagan - City Of Temples
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Burma - The King Who Failed From the Turks
It's not certain whether the Mongols reached Bagan. Marco Polo, in the court of Kublakan, claims that they did reach Bagan but left the temples intact out of some mixture of respect and superstition. For this reason, King Naratiapate would go down in history in Burma by the name Taruk Pye Min, or the king who fled from the Turks. He retreated into the south of Burma and left the rest of the country leaderless and in chaos.
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