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Marco Polo's Influence In Europe

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Marco Polo’s travel accounts were influential in Europe because Europeans previously knew little about life and customs in Asia. They Europe learn a lot from Marco Polo’s from his books he wrote while he was traveling. Which lead Europe to have a different view in the Far East(Cole, Symes, Coffin, & Stacey, 2012, p.270).

The developing westward orientation of European colonial and commercial ambitions during the fifteenth century was a consequence of the persistent threat posed by the Mongol empire in eastern Europe. The Mongol had a effect to Europe by restoring the connection between Europe and China that impact European commercial and imperial expansion(Cole, Symes, Coffin, & Stacey, 2012, p. 270).

As Europeans made advances in navigation

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