[DOC] [TLE] Cathay - Wikipedia [PAR] Cathay is the Anglicized version of "Catai" and an alternative name for China in 
English. ... This version of the name was then introduced to medieval and early 
modern Europe via Muslim and Russian sources. ... Meanwhile, in China itself, 
people usually referred to their nation state based on the name of the ruling 
dynasty,... [DOC] [TLE] Names of Japan - Wikipedia [PAR] The word Japan (or Japon) is an exonym, and is used by a large number of 
languages. ... Before Nihon came into official use, Japan was known as Wa () 
or Wakoku ... Other original names in Chinese texts include Yamatai country (
), .... which in Medieval times was largely correct, owing to the volcanism of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Cipango - definition and meaning - Wordnik [PAR] Marco Polo regarding a large island, which he called Cipango, and which he ... in 
which country he supposed himself to be, the idea of Cipango apparently having 
... Image from page 290 of "Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the... [DOC] [TLE] Middle Ages - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] Find out more about the history of Middle Ages, including videos, interesting 
articles ... In the 14th century, a devastating plague known as the Black Death 
claimed an ... At its height, the medieval Islamic world was more than three times 
bigger... [DOC] [TLE] Medieval Sourcebook: Christopher Columbus: Extracts from Journal [PAR] This morning he says he saw a white bird called a water- wagtail, or tropic ... 
Sailed northwest and northwest by north and at times west nearly twenty-two 
leagues. ... to proceed onward to Cipango; but he considered it best to keep on 
his course, ... abandoning the countries of the north, on account of the 
approaching winter,... [DOC] [TLE] Silk Road in Medieval Times - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] Feb 7, 2012 ... Silk Road in Medieval Times ... His provinces covered southern and eastern Asia, 
including the great island of CipangoJapan. ... A nation's wealth was then 
counted in the gold, silver, jewels, silks, and fine robes of the... [DOC] [TLE] European exploration | Britannica.com [PAR] At different times and in different places, different motives are dominant. ... search 
for sea routes to Cathay (the name by which China was known to medieval 
Europe), .... About 890 ce, Ohthere of Norway, desirous to try how far that country 
..... of the Age of Discovery set forth to try to reach Cathay and Cipango by new 
ways;... [DOC] [TLE] By Chaos Out Of Dream | American History Lives at American ... [PAR] Preconceptions, some medieval, some as old as Europe's memory, were part ... 
formed part of Cipango or the East Indies, restless men representing restless ... 
up around the year 1500the beginning of modern timeswas enough to blow 
... of San Francisco, in the country he claimed for England and called New Albion. [DOC] [TLE] Text - Project Gutenberg Australia [PAR] Early Manuscript Maps of the First Period of the Middle Ages. ..... This is the well-
known globe of Martin Behaim, of Nuremberg. ...... a circumstance which 
sufficiently proves that in those times no nation was equal to the Italians in ..... In 
that paper the author shows that the famous island of Cipango that Ch. Columbus 
was in... [DOC] [TLE] Christopher Columbus facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] Columbus correlated Toscanelli's data with ancient and medieval sources and ... 
As Samuel Eliot Mori-son (The European Discovery of America, p. ... In 1485 or 
1486 Columbus moved to Spain, but little is known of his activities ... He then 
sailed to the northern coast of Cuba, which he mistakenly took for Zipango (
Cipango),... [DOC] [TLE] Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Lord and ... - JStor [PAR] and Japan (known to them as Zipangu or. Cipango from the Chinese Jih-pen-kuo
) was for them ... came the late medieval travels of Carpini,. Rubruk ... of the spice 
trade since Roman times, for ... configuration of Asian countries as

Question: In medieval times this country was known as Cipango
Answer: Japan