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The war between Venice and Genoa came to an end in the summer of 1299 and prisoners of war were released – including Marco Polo. He returned to Venice, where he married a woman named Donata Badoer and had three daughters with her.Marco Polo did not travel far ever again; he mostly remained in Venice until his death in 1324.

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The war between Venice and Genoa came to an end in the summer of 1299 and prisoners of war were released – including Marco Polo. He returned to Venice, where he married a woman named Donata Badoer and had three daughters with her.Marco Polo did not travel far ever again; he mostly remained in Venice until his death in 1324.

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Marco Polo was imprisoned in Genoa, where one of his prison mates were a man named Rustichello. Hailing from Pisa, Rustichello was a writer of romance novels, and he soon took note of the fabulous stories that Polo had to tell about far away lands and customs. Rustichello prompted Polo to dictate the story of his adventures to him, and this eventually became the book for which Marco Polo is famous.

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Marco Polo was imprisoned in Genoa, where one of his prison mates were a man named Rustichello. Hailing from Pisa, Rustichello was a writer of romance novels, and he soon took note of the fabulous stories that Polo had to tell about far away lands and customs. Rustichello prompted Polo to dictate the story of his adventures to him, and this eventually became the book for which Marco Polo is famous.

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When the Polos returned to Venice, the city state was embroiled in a violent conflict with neighboring Genoa. Three years after coming back, Marco Polo was captured by Genoese forces as he was commanding a Venetian galley in the war against Genoa.

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When the Polos returned to Venice, the city state was embroiled in a violent conflict with neighboring Genoa. Three years after coming back, Marco Polo was captured by Genoese forces as he was commanding a Venetian galley in the war against Genoa.

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The journey to Hormuz by sea took two years and must have been horrible, because according to Marco Polo’s accounts, roughly 600 passengers and crew died during these years, as they passed sailed on the South China Sea to Sumatra, and then over the Indian Ocean to the Persian Gulf.  Polo’s writings about this sea journey are very limited and he doesn’t explain the high death toll.                                  

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The journey to Hormuz by sea took two years and must have been horrible, because according to Marco Polo’s accounts, roughly 600 passengers and crew died during these years, as they passed sailed on the South China Sea to Sumatra, and then over the Indian Ocean to the Persian Gulf.  Polo’s writings about this sea journey are very limited and he doesn’t explain the high death toll.                                  

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When the Kublai Khan was in his late 70s, the Polo family began to worry about what would happen to them when he died. The Polos had amassed great amounts of gold and jewelry, but would they be able to take it out of China without the protection of the Khan? At the same time, the Khan really enjoyed their company and was reluctant to let them go.

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When the Kublai Khan was in his late 70s, the Polo family began to worry about what would happen to them when he died. The Polos had amassed great amounts of gold and jewelry, but would they be able to take it out of China without the protection of the Khan? At the same time, the Khan really enjoyed their company and was reluctant to let them go.

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Kublai Khan took a liking to the young Marco Polo and appointed him to high posts in his administration. Already well-traveled and capable of speaking several different languages, Polo was sent by the Khan on a number of special missions to various places in China, Burma, and India. Many of the places that Marco Polo visited during these missions were remote ones that no European would visit and write about again until the 19th century.

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Kublai Khan took a liking to the young Marco Polo and appointed him to high posts in his administration. Already well-traveled and capable of speaking several different languages, Polo was sent by the Khan on a number of special missions to various places in China, Burma, and India. Many of the places that Marco Polo visited during these missions were remote ones that no European would visit and write about again until the 19th century.

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The Polos reached Kublai Khan’s summer residence Shant-tu in May 1275. Kublai Khan new that they were on their way, and had sent a royal escort to greet them. Shant-tu was the original capital of Kublai Khan’s reign, but was as this point only used in the summers, since Kublai Khan had started spending the winters in Beijing.

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The Polos reached Kublai Khan’s summer residence Shant-tu in May 1275. Kublai Khan new that they were on their way, and had sent a royal escort to greet them. Shant-tu was the original capital of Kublai Khan’s reign, but was as this point only used in the summers, since Kublai Khan had started spending the winters in Beijing.

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So, instead of going by sea, the Polos continued to travel over land, from Homurz to Kerman, passing places such as Herat and Balk. Marco Polo got ill, which meant staying in Badakhshan for a year to allow him to recover.

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So, instead of going by sea, the Polos continued to travel over land, from Homurz to Kerman, passing places such as Herat and Balk. Marco Polo got ill, which meant staying in Badakhshan for a year to allow him to recover.

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After Tabriz, the Polos traveled south to Hormuz, a port on the Persian Gulf from where they intended to travel by ship to the Chinese coast. In Hormuz, they had a change of heart, because the ships available were in very poor condition. Marco Polo describes them as “wretched affairs….only stitched together with twine made from the husk of the Indian nut”.

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After Tabriz, the Polos traveled south to Hormuz, a port on the Persian Gulf from where they intended to travel by ship to the Chinese coast. In Hormuz, they had a change of heart, because the ships available were in very poor condition. Marco Polo describes them as “wretched affairs….only stitched together with twine made from the husk of the Indian nut”.

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The Polos weren’t trailing in their own footsteps from the past, because instead of going the same way as last time, they made a wide swing to the north, into the southern Caucasus and Georgia, before heading for Tabriz, the Ilkhanid Mongol capital of Azerbaijan. Marco Polo later describes Tabriz as “a great city surrounded by beautiful and pleasant gardens. It is excellently situated so the goods brought to here come from many regions

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The Polos weren’t trailing in their own footsteps from the past, because instead of going the same way as last time, they made a wide swing to the north, into the southern Caucasus and Georgia, before heading for Tabriz, the Ilkhanid Mongol capital of Azerbaijan. Marco Polo later describes Tabriz as “a great city surrounded by beautiful and pleasant gardens. It is excellently situated so the goods brought to here come from many regions

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The friars left them fairly soon, however, because they reached a war zone and the friars got too scared to continue.The Polo family pushed on without them, traveling through Armenia, Persia, and Afghanistan, and following a route that went over the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia to get to China.

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The friars left them fairly soon, however, because they reached a war zone and the friars got too scared to continue.The Polo family pushed on without them, traveling through Armenia, Persia, and Afghanistan, and following a route that went over the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia to get to China.

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With them on their new journey east, the Polo family brought letters and gifts from the pope that they were to give to Kublai Khan, and they were also accompanied by two friars.

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With them on their new journey east, the Polo family brought letters and gifts from the pope that they were to give to Kublai Khan, and they were also accompanied by two friars.

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In 1271, the Polo brothers embarked on a new journey. They had finally been able to deliver the letter from Kublai Khan to the pope, since Teobaldo Visconti had been elected at the conclusion of the papal election that had been running from 1268 to 1271.

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In 1271, the Polo brothers embarked on a new journey. They had finally been able to deliver the letter from Kublai Khan to the pope, since Teobaldo Visconti had been elected at the conclusion of the papal election that had been running from 1268 to 1271.

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He was a citizen of Venice, Polo grew up in a family where both his father and uncle were merchants. Even before he was born, the brothers had travelled extensively, setting up trading posts in Constantinople, Sudak, Crimea, and the western part of the Mongolian Empire. They even visited China.

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He was a citizen of Venice, Polo grew up in a family where both his father and uncle were merchants. Even before he was born, the brothers had travelled extensively, setting up trading posts in Constantinople, Sudak, Crimea, and the western part of the Mongolian Empire. They even visited China.

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He was born in 1245, he was a , a merchant, explorer and writer who recorded his travels in the book, Book of the world's marvels, published around the year 1300

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He was born in 1245, he was a , a merchant, explorer and writer who recorded his travels in the book, Book of the world's marvels, published around the year 1300