How does the map the reader understand the passage?
read the excerpt from chapter 8 of the travels of marco
polo and study the map.
the city stands at the mouth or entrance of the gulf of kalhat,
so that no ship can enter or leave the gulf except by leave of
its rulers. the malik of this city thus has a powerful hold over
the sultan of kerman, to whom he is subject. for sometimes
the sultan imposes some due on the malik of hormuz or one
of his brethren, and they refuse to pay it, and the sultan
sends an army to enforce payment.
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the map the reader understand the elevation of
kalhat
the map the reader understand the distance to
kalhat from sharkh
the map the reader understand the size of kalhat
the map the reader understand kalhat's location on
the gulf of kalhat.