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Marco Polo was born in 1254. His family were Ventians, Marco Polo spent at least part of his childhood in Venice, Polo read many classical authors and was also schooled in the Christian teology of the Latin Church. 

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Marco Polo was born in 1254. His family were Ventians, Marco Polo spent at least part of his childhood in Venice, Polo read many classical authors and was also schooled in the Christian teology of the Latin Church. 

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In 1271, the Polo brothers embarked on a new journey, and this time they took Marco with them. They were also accompanied by two friars however, because they reached a war zone and the friars got too scared to continue. 

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In 1271, the Polo brothers embarked on a new journey, and this time they took Marco with them. They were also accompanied by two friars however, because they reached a war zone and the friars got too scared to continue. 

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 Mongol ambassador arrived to Bukhara, asking the brothers to go to the Hulagu Khan who was interested in meeting the exotic foreigners, the brothers started travelling even further to the east, via Samarkand and then through the dangerous Gobi desert. 

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 Mongol ambassador arrived to Bukhara, asking the brothers to go to the Hulagu Khan who was interested in meeting the exotic foreigners, the brothers started travelling even further to the east, via Samarkand and then through the dangerous Gobi desert. 

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Marco Polo (1245-1324), a merchant, explorer and writer who recorded his travels in the book “Livres des merveilles du monde” (Book of the world’s marvels), published around the year 1300.

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Marco Polo (1245-1324), a merchant, explorer and writer who recorded his travels in the book “Livres des merveilles du monde” (Book of the world’s marvels), published around the year 1300.

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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 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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After a year in China, the Polo brothers were sent back to Europe by Kublai Khan who wanted them to deliver a letter from him to Pope Clement IV. In this letter, the Khan asked the Pope to send him a hundred learned men to teach his people about Christianity and Western science.

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After a year in China, the Polo brothers were sent back to Europe by Kublai Khan who wanted them to deliver a letter from him to Pope Clement IV. In this letter, the Khan asked the Pope to send him a hundred learned men to teach his people about Christianity and Western science.