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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_from_G%C3%BCy%C3%BCk_Khan_to_Pope_Innocent_IV
TIL in 1245, Pope Innocent IV sent a letter by emissary to Karakoram to implore the mongols for peace, unaware their translation for peace meant “subjection”. The khan, Guyuk, responded by demanding the pope’s immediate submission.
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The pope was so innocent
>unaware their translation for peace meant “subjection”.
I’m not seeing that in the article.
B’oh!
Chill dude. The brits sent a letter to the chinese to offer them techs and machinery, and the emperor replied in fucking latin.