<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Letters from the Silk Road</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters</link><description>One letter for each new Wayward film.</description><item><title>A Kingdom Kept</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/a-kingdom-kept</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/a-kingdom-kept</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Goryeo, the Choe generals and the Mongol khans, from the coup of 1170 to the woodblocks at Haeinsa</description><enclosure url="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G5kXWsYx39M/hqdefault.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"/></item><item><title>Horn, Sinew and Powder</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/horn-sinew-and-powder</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/horn-sinew-and-powder</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Bows, armor, bombs and siege engines in the age of the Mongol invasions of Japan, c. 1250 to 1300</description><enclosure 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Chants</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/bells-calls-and-chants</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/bells-calls-and-chants</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How people prayed across the Mongol world, from Goryeo to Cairo, around 1280</description><enclosure url="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/itW-1LcwL78/hqdefault.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"/></item><item><title>Four Desks in 1270</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/four-desks-in-1270</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/four-desks-in-1270</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Brush, reed, quill, bark and palm leaf along the Silk Road, and Kublai’s new script of 1269</description><enclosure url="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DFIBIgKPH7I/hqdefault.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"/></item><item><title>Four Scents from Four Corners</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/four-scents</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/four-scents</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Ambergris, frankincense, musk and camphor between Arabia, Tibet, Sumatra and China, c. 1270 to 1290</description><enclosure url="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jTsej3EFdEU/hqdefault.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"/></item><item><title>Who Pays for School?</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/who-pays-for-school</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/who-pays-for-school</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Students in the madrasas of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo and the universities of Bologna, Paris and Oxford, about 1280</description><enclosure url="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5jpCFCSRNxM/hqdefault.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"/></item><item><title>The Patriarch Who Knew the Khans</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/the-patriarch-who-knew-the-khans</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/the-patriarch-who-knew-the-khans</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Rabban Sauma, Markos and the Church of the East, from Khanbaliq to Maragha, about 1275 to 1317</description><enclosure url="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T-NDHDuynbA/hqdefault.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"/></item><item><title>The Unpaid Victory</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/the-unpaid-victory</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/the-unpaid-victory</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Warriors, shrines and the fall of the Kamakura shogunate, 1281 to 1333</description><enclosure url="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tZ0RAHknFMc/hqdefault.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"/></item><item><title>A Horse Bought Every Year</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/a-horse-bought-every-year</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/a-horse-bought-every-year</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Gulf ports, the Pandya kingdom of Maabar and the sea trade in warhorses, c. 1270 to 1300</description><enclosure url="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nQhBEiIGeLw/hqdefault.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"/></item><item><title>Where the Year Turns</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/where-the-year-turns</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/where-the-year-turns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Maragha, Dadu, Dengfeng and the astronomers of two Mongol khans, 1259 to 1281</description><enclosure url="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UJpL1NnEy6A/hqdefault.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"/></item><item><title>A Bowl at the Door</title><link>https://suhh.org/letters/a-bowl-at-the-door</link><guid>https://suhh.org/letters/a-bowl-at-the-door</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Sufi lodges, their guests and their patrons, from Saladin’s Cairo (1173) to Ibn Battuta’s Anatolia (1332)</description><enclosure url="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XPU_Y-oLaq8/hqdefault.jpg" type="image/jpeg" length="0"/></item><item><title>The Man 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