Marco Polo by SEBASTIAN ARAIZA MACIAS

Early Years of Marco Polo

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His family were Ventians, but it is unclear if he was actually born in Venice or if the birth took place on the island of Curzola off the Dalmatian coast, where his father and uncle had established a trading post. We do know that Marco Polo spent at least part of his childhood in Venice, which was at the time a city state heavily engaged in international commerce.

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Born 1254 · Venice, Republic of Venice Died

8 January 1324 (aged 69–70) · Venice, Republic of Venice

Marco Polo

sebastianaraiza22 — 2024-04-22 15:59:26 UTC

Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo, a book that described to Europeans the then-mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China under the Yuan dynasty

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Travels of the Polo family into Asia

sebastianaraiza22 — 2024-04-22 16:02:03 UTC

In 1271, the Polo brothers embarked on a new journey, and this time the took Marco with them. They had finally been able to deliver the letter from Kublai Khan to the pope.

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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. The friars left them fairly soon, however, because they reached a war zone and the friars got too scared to continue.

sebastianaraiza22 — 2024-04-22 16:03:20 UTC

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.

Polo’s journey to China

sebastianaraiza22 — 2024-04-22 16:06:01 UTC

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 (Cambaluc).

Marco Polo writes in great detail about his first meeting with Kublai Khan

sebastianaraiza22 — 2024-04-22 16:06:35 UTC

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,

Marco Polo

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