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Date Of Birth: 15 September 1254

Nationality: Venetian, Italian

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Marco Polo’s Mother died after giving birth to Marco, In 1269 Marco Polo’s father and uncle returned home after travelling as merchants. 15 year old Marco met his dad for the first time, that’s when Marco Polo’s dad discoverd that his wife had died, leaving Marco in his care.

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Marco Polo left Italy in 1271 with his father and uncle, because they were traders who was interested in the riches of the East.

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The Polos arrived in China in 1275 when Kublai Khan was China’s ruler. Kublai Khan liked Marco Polo a lot, and conscripted him into service for the Empire.

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The Polos finally left China after staying with Kublai Khan for an incredible 17 years, and left in 1292. They set sail for Italy, and began their jouney home.

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Marco Polo returned to Venice, Italy in 1295 after 24 years with many riches and gold.In 1298, three years after he returned from his journey, Polo was captured after leading a Venetian galley into battle against the rival Italian city-state of Genoa.

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Marco Polo in the Genoese prison at the Palazzo di San Giorgio from 1296 to 1299. While he’s in jail he wrote and told he’s stories traveling through Asia to his cellmate Rustichello da Pisa.

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After Marco Polo got released from prison in 1299, he continued to be a Merchant. He never went travelling again, But Marco Polo married the daughter of another successful trading family and had three daughters.

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Marco Polo was confined to bed, due to illness. On 8 January 1324, Polo was on his deathbed. He was buried in the church of San Lorenzo in Venice.

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This Is a Drawing Of Kublai Khan’s palace that I did on Keynote.