The Great Messenger Network: Primary Resource Mongols

Khanbalik is a city with many roads leading to different provinces.

• True

• False

The messengers have to travel 50 miles before reaching a posting station.

• True

• False

The posting stations are called "yambs" in their language.

• True

• False

The messengers are provided with luxurious beds and silk coverlets at the posting stations.

• True

• False

The posting stations have 200 horses ready for the messengers.

• True: 200

• False: 400

The posting stations are only found on a few of the main highways.

• True

• False

The organization of the posting stations is impressive and difficult to describe.

• True

• False

Marco Polo was a Mongolian.

• True

• False

A primary source is written by someone who studied the topic years later.

• True

• False

What is a primary source?