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Marco Polo made china his home for 17 years, changing and helping the people change. When Denis and Francis went there, there was many, many people. They wore lots of silk. They said after a long trip, finally getting to get a real Chinese food, they said it was a luxury. Yet the same statue was there, and they both said that it was like meditation, being there.

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During his travels to Mongolia, he wrote about the whole trip, when Denis and Francis went on the trip, the people were nice and inviting to them. They both saw their circular houses, that they would carry around, that they could move.

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Marco Polo traveled through the desert on camels and the people known there were known as the weakers. When Denis and Francis traveled, they had to search for someone to buy the camels and horses. They both said they went crazy while they were spending their time in the desert. They also stopped in a small village and realized that they still wrote the names of the people who live in the houses on the doors and whenever someone dies, they cross out their name

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While Denis and Francis were traveling through there, there was so much war going on. They weren't allowed in to the country because of the war. They ended up having to pay $100 fine to get through the ¨Friendship bridge¨. Where as Marco was given a golden passport, a letter of introduction. He was able to get into the country because of the letter. The letter that they got from someone in power had the same purpose. It gave them the rights to enter and given safety by guards and guns. They were both also captured by a rebellious group.

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When Marco Polo was in Uzbekistan, no foreigners weren't aloud in the country. There wasn't any good connections between them and other countries which made it impossible for people to cross. When Denis and Francis traveled, there were foreigners allowed and there were blue tile dorms, which they didn't have in Marco Polo's time, but they both had some of the same structures.

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While Marco Polo was traveling through Turkey, it was know for being a big shipping port. A lot of big ships came in for trading and selling purposes. It would be like a New York shipping harbor. Where as when Denis and Francis went there, it was just a small fishing village. There was no major ships coming in and out. There weren't as many people. Some of the similarities would be that they both stayed in mid evil side hotels. It was also still a port, but it wasn't as big as it used to be