1. Reaches the Cilician port of Ayas

    · Ayas, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

    Reaches the Cilician port of Ayas
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    The Polos reached Ayas, an important Mediterranean terminus for Asian caravan traffic, before learning that Teobaldo Visconti had been elected pope. The source narrative places this movement in 1271 but supplies no day or month.

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