My delightful padlet by SAMANTHA BRITO CRUZ https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o en-us 2023-04-26 03:57:58 UTC 2023-04-26 04:04:38 UTC hello@padlet.com The early years of Marco Polo samanthabrito21 https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568204267 2023-04-26 03:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568204267 Little is known about Marco’s early years except that he probably grew up in Venice. He was age 15 or 16 when his father and uncle returned to meet him and learned that the pope, Clement IV, had recently died.Marco Polo was 17 or 18 when he began his journey from Venice to the farthest reaches of the Mongol empire. samanthabrito21 https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568204931 2023-04-26 03:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568204931 Travels of the Polo family samanthabrito21 https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568205883 2023-04-26 04:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568205883 The Polos were likely shrewd, alert, and courageous; they traded with the Middle East and acquired considerable wealth and prestige. Marco Polo’s father, Niccolò, and uncle, Maffeo, continued this legacy. samanthabrito21 https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568206315 2023-04-26 04:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568206315 Marco departed from the Mongol court. In Acre the papal legate, Teobaldo of Piacenza, gave them letters for the Mongol emperor. The Polos had been on the road for only a few days when they heard that their friend Teobaldo had been elected pope as Gregory X. samanthabrito21 https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568206722 2023-04-26 04:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568206722 Returning to Acre, they were given proper credentials, and two friars were assigned to accompany them, though they abandoned the Polos shortly after the expedition resumed. From Acre the travelers proceeded to Ayas .There the Polos decided not to risk a sea passage to India and beyond but to proceed overland to the Mongol capital. samanthabrito21 https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568207920 2023-04-26 04:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568207920 Sometime around 1292 , a Mongol princess was to be sent to Persia to become the consort of Arghun Khan, and the Polos offered to accompany her. Marco wrote that Kublai had been unwilling to let them go but finally granted permission. The princess, with some 600 courtiers and sailors, and the Polos boarded 14 ships, which left the port of Quanzhou and sailed southward. After further delays, they reached Constantinople and finally Venice . samanthabrito21 https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568209157 2023-04-26 04:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthabrito21/rvog6weghou1p62o/wish/2568209157