16. Bagan - City Of Temples
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Marco Polo and Rustichello d'Apeza
Marco Polo was the first outsider to write a description of Bhagawan. The city had been at the heart of an empire that today we know as Myanmar. For centuries it presided over a boom in art and architecture, constructing one of the most striking collections of religious buildings ever seen. But then its golden age came to an abrupt end after Marco Polo's travels there.
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