https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533 "CONCEPT MAP" en-us 2023-04-26 00:50:37 UTC 2023-04-26 16:30:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1542690195/6f6d86f4d7abb2a519d2ad3d3f0b3159/Marco_Polo_portrait.jpg veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2567989504  However, the most quoted specific date is somewhere "around 1254", and it is generally accepted that Marco Polo was born in the Venetian Republic. While the exact birthplace is unknown, most biographers point towards Venice itself as Marco Polo's hometown. ]]> 2023-04-26 00:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2567989504 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2567991014 In 1271, Marco Polo (at seventeen years of age), his father, and his uncle set off for Asia on the series of adventures that were later documented]]> 2023-04-26 00:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2567991014 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2567993102 Marco Polo travels to Cathay (China) Marco Polo lived from 1254-1324. Some years before St. Louis led his last Crusade there was born in Venice a a boy named Marco Polo.]]> 2023-04-26 00:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2567993102 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2567998174 When Marco Polo was about twenty-one Kublai Khan sent him on very important business to a distant part of China. He did the work well.]]> 2023-04-26 01:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2567998174 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568003385 Marco served in several high-level government positions, including as ambassador and as the governor of the city of Yangzhou. While the Great Khan enjoyed having the Polos as his subjects and diplomats, Khan eventually consented to allow them to leave the Empire, as long as they would escort a princess who was scheduled to wed a Persian king.]]> 2023-04-26 01:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568003385 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568007185 Sometime around 1292 (1290 according to Otagi), a Mongol princess was to be sent to Persia to become the consort of Arghun Khan,The Polos stayed in Khan's court for 17 years, acquiring great wealth in jewels and gold. They were anxious to be on the move since they feared that if Kublai - now in his late seventies.]]> 2023-04-26 01:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568007185 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568009729 Marco Polo did not return to Asia again. He entered the service of Venice in its war against the rival city-state of Genoa. In 1298 Marco served as gentleman-commander of a galley in the Venetian navy. In September 1298 he was captured and imprisoned in Genoa. His fame as an adventurer had preceded him, and he was treated with courtesy and leniency. He was released within a year.]]> 2023-04-26 01:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568009729 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568013313 Upon their return, Venice was at war with Genoa, and Marco Polo was taken prisoner. He spent the few months of his imprisonment .]]> 2023-04-26 01:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568013313 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568017368 Marco Polo was finally released from captivity in August 1299,[3] and returned home to Venice, where his father and uncle had purchaste something.]]> 2023-04-26 01:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568017368 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568019215 In 1323, Polo was confined to bed, due to illness. On January 8, 1324, despite physicians' efforts to treat him, Polo was on his deathbed.To write and certify the will, his family requested Giovanni Giustiniani, a priest of San Procolo. His wife, Donata, and his three daughters were appointed by him as co-executrices.]]> 2023-04-26 01:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568019215 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568026864 2023-04-26 01:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568026864 veronikamagana21 https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568028306 221-23]]> 2023-04-26 01:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/veronikamagana21/3u1iuum4xyky7533/wish/2568028306