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I think Denis and Francis learned that it's not always the easy way that produces the most rewarding results. They took the road less traveled and got an amazing journey out of it.

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I would like to travel to Mongolia because the landscape is beautiful.

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Similarity: Dennis and Francis noted that the lifestyle in Mongolia was much like the 13th century.
Difference: Mongolia was a huge empire when Marco Polo was there, while it was much smaller when Denis and Francis were there.

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Similarity: Denis and Francis had no connections in Iran and neither did Marco Polo.
Difference: Iran was called Persia in Marco Polo's era.

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Similarity: Both Marco Polo and Denis and Francis used symbols from authority to get them through Afghanistan.
Difference: Denis and Francis had trouble getting in to the country while Marco Polo did not.

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Similarity: Both Denis and Francis and Marco Polo were ambushed by Mongols in this region.
Difference: Denis and Francis traveled through the Walkhan corridor by car while Marco Polo used horses.

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Similarity: During both Marco Polo's era and the Americans era, the government made people write the names of people living in the house on the doors.
Difference: During Marco Polo's time, Kashgar was called Uhgurstan.

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Similarity: In Zhangye, both Marco Polo and the Americans visited a Buddha sculpture.
Difference: China was a lot more crowded and industrialized when the Americans went there than when Marco Polo was there.