marco polo by JAIME ALEXANDER NOLASCO LOPEZ https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78 en-us 2023-04-24 17:52:32 UTC 2023-04-26 05:40:58 UTC hello@padlet.com The early years of Marco Polo jaimenolasco21 https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2566092253 2023-04-24 17:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2566092253 Travels of the Polo family into Asia jaimenolasco21 https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568266443 2023-04-26 05:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568266443 Polo's journey to Asia jaimenolasco21 https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568266920 2023-04-26 05:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568266920 He was a citizen of the Republic of Venice, Polo grew up in a family where both his father Niccoló and uncle Maffeo were merchants. jaimenolasco21 https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568282655 2023-04-26 05:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568282655 The Polo brother’s embarked on a new journey. This trip, which would end up taking 24 years since they stayed for very long in China, is the one chronicled by Marco Polo in his book. jaimenolasco21 https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568286359 2023-04-26 05:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568286359 Kublai Khan was happy to see the foreigners and greeted them with great hospitality. He wanted to know a lot about Europe, and especially about the Pope and the Roman church. jaimenolasco21 https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568291475 2023-04-26 05:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568291475 A 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. Passing through Turfan, Hami and Dunhuang, they finally got to the Hexi Corridor, and arrived to Beijing in 1266, where Hulagu Khan’s brother Kublai Khan had his court. jaimenolasco21 https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568292433 2023-04-26 05:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jaimenolasco21/b1etgc87ovz54h78/wish/2568292433