https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau en-us 2023-04-24 18:45:03 UTC 2023-04-26 04:29:00 UTC hello@padlet.com silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566165177 Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice, Italy. Not much is known of his early childhood. Polo grew up in a family where both his father Niccoló and uncle Maffeo were merchants. ]]> 2023-04-24 18:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566165177 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566465650 ^{To make trading with china easier, the Polo family traveled through Armenia, Persia, and Afghanistan, and following a route that went over the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia.} ]]> 2023-04-25 01:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566465650 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566485426  _{in 1271, Niccolo Polo and his brother, Maffeo, set off again, taking the 17-year-old Marco with them. they aimed directly for the court of Kublai Khan, to bring him documents from the pope and holy oil from Jerusalem that he had requested.}  ]]> 2023-04-25 01:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566485426 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566496462 2023-04-25 01:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566496462 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566498121 2023-04-25 01:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566498121 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566498738 2023-04-25 01:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2566498738 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2567473440 2023-04-25 15:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2567473440 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2568220975 ^{During the early part of 1272, they probably passed through Erzurum and Tabrīz before reaching Hormuz on the Persian Gulf. Later on they reached Kashi. By this point the Polos were on the main Silk Road.}]]> 2023-04-26 04:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2568220975 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2568224347 His father Niccolo and uncle Maffeo had already left Venice for a trading trip before Marco was born, and Marco's mother died before the expedition returned. As a result, young Marco was raised by relatives.]]> 2023-04-26 04:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2568224347 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2568226147 _{Despite the hardships, Marco discovered a love for travel and a desire to learn as much as he could about the cultures he encountered.}]]> 2023-04-26 04:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2568226147 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2568228543 _{Upon reaching Beijing, the Polos were welcomed to Kublai Khan's legendary marble and gold summer palace, Xanadu. All three men were invited to join the emperor's court, and all three immersed themselves in Chinese language and culture.}]]> 2023-04-26 04:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2568228543 silvacaloca21 https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2568229161 _{After a successful stay of more than 17 years in China, the Polos had become extraordinarily wealthy. They finally left as the escorts to a Mongolian princess named Cogatin, who was to become the bride of a Persian prince.}]]> 2023-04-26 04:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/silvacaloca21/c1918zv6138hfau/wish/2568229161