Marco Polo Dangers

Marco Polo was a renowned explorer in the medieval era and he wrote the work in which most of our past understanding of the regions is remembered today. He was born in 1252 in Venice and later deceased in Venice at the age of 70 in 1352. The reason he so is so famous and remembered today is because he reached the farthest on his 24 year journey down the silk road reaching extents of China and Mongolian empire. To begin with Marco Polo was born into a wealthy family who was known for their travels and spread of merchantability already and a young Marco Polo would begin his journey as early as 14-16 Years old. Though his date of birth is unknown and the exact location his family was a big name in the Venice community making it only seem fitting. This paper is going to correlate to the book found in the franciscan library at Saint Bonaventure, “Did Marco Polo Really Go to China” by Dr. Wood; she does a scholarly review questioning whether or not Mr. Polo really carried out the things he said to have done and has he actually visited the regions in which he said he's went too. Before we begin though we cannot fully disprove the veracity of the journey in which Mr. polo took because other explorers have also left out important historical happenings when discovering new regions and cultures. Born in 1254 in Venetian Republic, Marco Polo headed to Asia with his merchant father (weapons trader supposedly as we will later touch on) . He would spend the next 24 years exploring

Witten on Document D, it is said that they had to go through the Gobi and Taklimakan desert, instead, they went along the Silk Road and they went through the mountains instead.

Marco Polo's Travels formulated in Europe of the fourteenth and fifteenth century a new perception of the Eastern world, a world just as advanced and sophisticated as that of the West. Yet, another two centuries were needed for a significant change to take place; this was Christopher Columbus' voyage. For Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo's travelogue was a valuable and solid resource that contained the necessary details of the East. The geographical descriptions in his writing generated a basis for Columbus' scientific calculations for his expedition and the explicit depictions of the luxury of Cipangu and Cathay, flawed though they were, created a strong motivation for Columbus. In the 12th of May 1492, Christopher Columbus, accompanied

      The Silk Road happened around 300 BCE and happened through Europe,the middle east and Asia. The reason for The Silk Road was to trade goods and get goods. It also was a place to get knowledge and idea. I think

Although Marco Polo started out as a humble merchant from Venice, he eventually developed a reputation as one of the world’s greatest explorers (“Marco Polo”). He was much more than just a trader however, providing the Western world with detailed accounts of the foreign society that was Medieval China under the Mongol conquest. These accounts would later become invaluable to historians for centuries to come.

The Silk Road was a good trading route because it connected to China so people can go through the road and get good quality silk and gunpowder, iron, bronze, orange trees, ceramics, confucianism. Transition + Your own original Reason, Detail, or Fact First, the Chinese traded silk along the Silk Road for currency. One supporting Example or Evidence from text or source document The Parthians traded currency for silk with the Chinese. Explanation of your Supporting Example or Evidence Document D supported the Chinese traded with the Parthians for currency and the Parthians got silk for the currency.

Early evidence of trade along the Silk Roads comes from the so-called Oxus civilization, a group of fortified farming and trading cities built about 4,000 years ago on the borders between modern Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Archaeologists have found Chinese silks and goods from India and Mesopotamia, and pottery and ornaments from Inner Eurasia. The archaeological evidence leans toward the idea of cooperation between urban merchants and pastoralists. Over time, sophisticated systems of trade emerged that was organized in caravans sometimes with hundreds of individuals, often financed by urban merchants, and supplied with manufactured goods and the region’s specialties. At least by the first millennium BCE, caravans could stop at special rest stops known as caravansaries founded by local rulers or merchants. Caravansaries offered bunks, repair workshops, food, and information

First we have what they traded on the Silk Road to mack the north and south, west and east on the Silk Road so divers. Like from china they traded silk, iron, bronze, orange trees, paper and gunpowder. One supporting Example or Evidence from text or source document In Document A powerpoint one lists the trade material from China and stats them clearly and only the

The Silk Road was different roads and routes that made up a big trading network.Reason #1, to say is that over centuries the Silk road spread a lot of goods and ideas . It says in document A that goods and ideas spread across the Silk Road for centuries.Some evidence to support my reason is like silk, iron, bronze and many more from China. Then some from Central Asia is like the Ferghana Horse. Then from Africa such as ivory, and rhinoceros horn. To almost say from India spices, and Buddhism. Finally from Europe, music and glassware.My second reason is that they used a camel to carry their large loads and they only needed a little bit of water.It says in the article called The Silk Road it says that they owe an important part of it’s success

The Han Dynasty developed the Silk Road, which allowed them to connect with the Roman Empire. The Chinese knew how to make silk; the Roman’s wanted the silk, but did not know how to make it. Thus, the Silk Road was a 4,000-mile long network of trade routes that connected China to Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Trade resembled a chain, with each trader and a segment of the trade route representing a link in the chain. Travel along the Silk Road was dangerous. Eventually, the roads became extremely hazardous and risky when bandits acquired the expertise of manufacturing Chinese gunpowder. Sailors learned to navigate alternate avenues by utilizing the sea that was safer and faster than the Silk Road. Subsequently, due to Rome desiring the silk made in China, the Silk Road connected the two robust, although distinctive powers.

The Silk Road at first caused many pastoral groups to form. Eventually, rich families did settleand build large establishments.

The Silk Road, Indian Ocean Trade and Trans-Saharan Trade Networks were all routes/networks of trade throughout the eastern hemisphere. People would travel these routes so that they could trade for things that they wanted from other areas. Here, people were able to trade for commodities and raw materials, but also be able to learn about new things such as religion and education. Culture and economy allowed for trade to expand in the Silk Road, Indian Ocean and Trans-Saharan Trade Networks and it brought people from different lands together, expanded their knowledge, and affected their governments through its views.

Many children, including myself, have once played the game Marco Polo. Although, I have always been curious, who exactly is Marco Polo? My fascination of Marco Polo warped into a fixation of his travels. Marco Polo was born in Venice in the year 1254. His father, Nicolo, and his uncle, Maffeo, were merchants who had seats in the great nobleman council of Venice (Polo IV). According to his records, he had traveled thousands of miles with his father and uncle.

Trade across the Sahara existed for many eras before the Common Era but it was periodic, incidental, modest, and much unorganized. During this time, the trade goods were carried on the backs of cattle known as pack-oxen. “The pack-oxen became accustomed to desert conditions allowing them to travels days without water as they traveled from one water source to the other.” The problem with the oxen was that they were unable to travel without rest and water which was hard to come by. Because of the time dependency of the oxen travel across the Sahara was very dangerous. It took ages for the merchandise to reach its attended destination. The trade remained unorganized until around the 5th century when the domestication of the camel revolutionized desert travel.

“I have not told half of what I saw” were the final words of the great Venetian explorer Marco Polo; however, in recent times, Marco Polo’s exploits have been doubted more and more. (Pedriali, 161) Most often cited as evidence that Marco Polo’s travels may not have been as truthful as reported is the 1998 book Did Marco Polo go to china? by Dr. Frances Wood. Through new research done by Dr. Hans Ulrich Vogel of University of Tübingen in Germany, it has been shown that Marco Polo was mostly truthful in his memoirs, but it has also proven that some things were exaggerated thanks to his ghostwriter Rustichello da Pisa, Marco Polo himself, or later copyists.