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Which historic figure would a historian study if they wanted to locate a primary source with a negative depiction of the effects of the Mongol Empire in Europe?(1 point)
Responses

Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer

Marco Polo
Marco Polo

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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

He was a 13th-century papal envoy to the Mongol court who wrote a firsthand account (Historia Mongolorum/Gesta Tartarorum) describing Mongol brutality and the threat they posed to Europe — a primary source with a negative depiction.