Marco Polo 's Influence On The World

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

The author also mentions that China-based their economy on the exchange of silver. Another important thing in this chapter was the role of the Chinese voyages in the history of China and the entire world. The voyages that were created around the 1400s were used for three reasons,

In 1271, Marco Polo’s father and uncle, both merchants from Europe, were requested to return to China for the second time by the Mongol Emperor, Kublai Khan. The purpose of the request made by the Great Khan (Kublai) was to bring back to the Mongol court some holy oil from Jerusalem and “a hundred men of learning, thoroughly acquainted with the principles of the Christian religion” (Polo 7) to convince the Mongols to convert to Christianity. Marco Polo joined his father and uncle for this second journey to the East. As part of this journey, Polo traveled throughout regions of the Middle East and Central Asia before reaching the final destination. Further, while working for Kublai Khan in China, he was sent on many inspection tours which allowed him to explore most of the provinces of China. In all the regions that were visited along the way, and more so in the case of the Mongol Empire, there was a distinct disparity in the culture as compared to Polo’s native land. Moreover, Marco Polo’s religious disposition towards Christianity set him apart from the people of the region –the Tartars—who , according to the Kublai Khan, where worshippers of “evil spirits” (Polo 7). These factors placed Marco Polo in the position of an “outsider” as defined by Hage, i.e. “someone who does not experience either socio-cultural or political belonging. It is someone whose mental and bodily dispositions have evolved somewhere else and thus feels culturally ‘out of place’.

Marco Polo, who was possibly the most famous European to visit China while under Mongol rule, left Venice in 1271 and did not return until 1295. Khubilai Khan was a grandson of Chinggis Khan and eventually became the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.This analysis will discuss what Marco Polo experienced while visiting China concerning Khubailai’s views on Christianity and other religions.

He explored places, but wasn't mean or rude at all. Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy. He had a brother, Maffeo, named after his Uncle Maffeo, and also a father named Nicolo. When Polo was 17, he took his first trip to China. He went with his father and Uncle Maffeo. They thought he would be help to them. The reason they went was to tell the king news about the Pope, who had not yet been elected. When they got to China they went to the great Kublai Khanś palace.When they got to the palace, the king seemed to take great interest in Polo and offered him an important job. The job was to go to different places around the king's empire and find out what was going on there. Polo accepted gradly.

Marco Polo In the Start of the 13th century one merchant, Marco Polo, made his extensive voyage from the flourishing Europe to the New empire of the Mongols that was continuing to expand and economy was thriving. As the Mongols began the new Silk Road stretching from Europe to Asia, for the first time the two empires were connected. Marco Polo was exposed to this new world and was surprised in all the extravagant architecture, intimidating armies, and the complexities of their trading world (Marco Polo, p. 7). Marco Polo was a European merchant, whose experiences in Asia were interpreted in economic terms.

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.

Around 1254 AC Marco was born into a merchant family in Venice, Italy. Marco’s father and uncle were merchants as well, and left on a long trading expedition 1 year before Marco was born. At the age of 17 Marco went on a journey to China with his father and uncle. It took them 3 years to reach China. Along the way they visited sites including the holy city of Jerusalem, the mountains of Hindu Kush, Persia, and the Gobi Desert.

Marco Polo was a very expensive explorer. Marco was born on the day of September 15, 1254 and he unfortunately passed away on the day of January 8, 1324. Marco Polo also did the good deed to explore Italy. Marco Polo also had a plan, and here is what his plan was.His plan was to travel to Asia and the height of the Mongol Empire, then soon he later found out that he was on Silk road.

Marco polo a well-known European traveler along the Silk Road, he was the greatest Kublai Khan’s ambassador who was authorized to travel all over his empire. He was born to a prominent family in the long distance trade. On this essay, I will tell you a summary of his long journey to the city of Hangzhou, which was known as Kinsay. This was discussed in the book, “The Travels of Marco Polo”. Marco polo marks his account of Kinsay and how his accomplishment alternates China’s engagement with a wider world, and he also expresses his opinion of the city.

Even then eventually in 1298 he was captured in battle he was taken to jail and placed with romance writer Rustichello of Pisa. There they took the notes Marco had taken on his adventure and wrote his now famous book then called “Description of the World” now known as “The travels of Marco Polo” or more formally “Travels”. Marco Polo died in January 1324 his body is currently lost. It is speculated that it is in the Church of Saint Lorenzo but the church is currently inaccessible therefore it is unsearchable and unknown where his body is even then if it was there it might have been

Captured and imprisoned, Marco spent his time dictating to a cell-mate, Rustichello da Pisa, an account of his adventures -The Travels of Marco Polo - documenting his Far Eastern travels for Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, which became a European best-seller.

Marco Polo, the famed explorer, was born 1254. Although hailing from a wealthy Venetian merchant family, he was raised mainly by extended family as his mother died early on in his life and Niccolo Polo, being a prominent jewel merchant was in Asia for much of Marco’s youth.

In 1298 Marco Polo of Venice was arrested and put in prison in Genoa. Venice and

“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.