China 6.5 Colette Modiano What happens when rich Europeans visit China at the height of the "Cultural Revolution"?
Iraq 5.3 Jean de Mandeville Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?
China 6.3 Sven Hedin Are we looking at a career-obsessed explorer or at a blueprint for Indiana Jones?
Saudi Arabia 5.3 Ibn Battuta Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?