https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow en-us 2023-04-24 15:33:10 UTC 2023-04-26 05:43:10 UTC hello@padlet.com josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2565914980 One of the most well-known Europeans to travel the silk road in Medieval times was Marco Polo (1245-1324), a merchant, explorer and writer who recorded his travels in the book “Livres des merveilles du monde” (Book of the world’s marvels), published around the year 1300. ]]> 2023-04-24 15:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2565914980 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2565932319 Marco Polo was born in 1254. 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. Marco Polo’s mother died when he was just a child, after which he was taken care of by his aunt and uncle.]]> 2023-04-24 15:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2565932319 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2565934722 He recieved a good education that included, among other things, classes in French and Italian. His native language is believed to have been Venetian. Polo read many classical authors and was also schooled in the Christian teology of the Latin Church. Growing up in a merchantile family, he was taught subjects such as appraising, foreign currency trade, and the handling of cargo ships.]]> 2023-04-24 15:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2565934722 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2565937418 The Polo brothers returned to Venice in April 1269 and the now teenaged Marco could finally be reunited with his father.

]]> 2023-04-24 15:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2565937418 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2565940914 2023-04-24 16:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2565940914 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568278061 2023-04-26 05:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568278061 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568282748 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, since Teobaldo Visconti had been elected at the conclusion of the papal election that had been running from 1268 to 1271]]> 2023-04-26 05:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568282748 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568285266 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.]]> 2023-04-26 05:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568285266 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568288298 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.]]> 2023-04-26 05:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568288298 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568289877 2023-04-26 05:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568289877 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568291777 The Gobi Desert is a large desert in Asia, bounded by the Taklamakan Desert to the west and by the North China Plain to the southeast. It is also the location of several important cities along the Silk Road.

]]> 2023-04-26 05:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568291777 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568293490 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.

]]> 2023-04-26 05:39:18 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568293490 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568294703 The first major city that the Polos reached after the Gobi Desert was Suchow / Shazhou (Dunhuang) in what is today the Gansu Province of China. In Suchow, Marco Polo took a break from traveling and stayed for a year. Situated in an oasis that included the Crescent Lake,]]> 2023-04-26 05:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568294703 josetrujillo21 https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568295762 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, Burma, and India.]]> 2023-04-26 05:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/josetrujillo21/eskbnynsa84zzgow/wish/2568295762