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Marco Polo was an Italian Merchant who lived in 13th century Venice, a wealthy city with many other merchants like himself. Marco Polo came from a family of merchants and became one himself. His father was Niccolo Polo. The Italian merchant/traveler lived to be 70 (1254-1324) and was famous for traveling to the eastern world exploring it and coming back to tell the tale. One of the first Europeans to travel to China. He exposed numerous Europeans to the Eastern world with the book “The Travels of

Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia.He first left at age 17 with his dad and uncle.They were traveling upon the silk road.Marco Polo was born in 1254 in italy City-state. He traveled with his family. They journeyed to Europe to Asia 1271 to 1295. There was a game made after Marco Polo the rules of the game you have to play with five or more people you have to be in a pool one of the five people will have their eyes close and the four people with there eye

When discussing the argument of whether Marco Polo actually visited the Mongol-ruled China or not, one must consider both sides of the argument. First, Marco Polo documented his travels by identifying the different cities and the distances between them; however, he abandons this practice when documenting his travels to the Mongol capital. Maybe Polo switched from his traditional style, because he was in jail at the time. Plus, there is an absence of descriptions of the cities he supposedly visited

famous European to travel to China on the Silk Road was Marco Polo. According to Ducksters, Marco traveled farther than any of his predecessors during his 24 year journey on the silk road. He was one of the most famous explorers of all time. 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

Silk Road and the Internet Inside every working anarchy there's an Old Boy Network. The internet is a great and popular invention that has changed, developed and improved today’s society. Yo-Yo Ma, once described the famous historical Silk Road as the ‘Internet of Antiquity’ meaning, the ancient internet, how and why would Yo-Yo Ma come to such a theory, the Silk Road and the internet may not have existed during the same period of time but there are similarities and difference to prove Yo-Yo Ma’s

There has been a question to the phenomenon of Marco Polo and his travel to China. It is said to be that Marco Polo himself never actually traveled as far as China. It is a reality that many people in this society know of the name Marco Polo, but they do not actually indulge themselves in the facts following his life and writings. The explorers that come to mind with common society is Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus. The influence that Marco Polo has on many is not a question at hand, even Christopher

When I say the words Marco Polo you probably think of a pool but did you know that Marco Polo was a famous explorer well today I will be telling you about him and his interesting life. Marco Polo was one of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to Asia during the Middle Ages. He traveled to China and Mongolia, where he started working for Kublai Khan. Marco was born in September 15, 1254, Venice, Italy. For most of Marco's life extended family members raised Marco. His mother had died when

nature, in people, in cities, in countries, wars, politics, kingdoms, etc. Three significant major changes in history that occurred before 1500, that shaped the world were: the Neo-Lithic Revolution, Alexander the Great’s conquests, and the travels of Marco Polo. Firstly, the Neolithic Revolution is a great place to start in History because that is when the first major shift of among people’s way of life throughout the whole world occurs. It occurred approximately 10,000 years ago. Many hunter-gatherers

Italo Calvino’s (1923-1985) novel Invisible Cities consists of a number of dialogues between traveller Marco Polo and the Tartar Emperor Kublai Khan. Traveller Marco Polo tells Kublai Khan tales of the numerous cities of his empire, which the Khan himself will never visit. The men play with the notion that an understanding of the world’s cities will inform the emperor on how to govern his realm (Bloom 2001). Each city cannot be compared, as they are all radically different from one another. Calvino

“The Travels of Marco Polo” begins with the journey taken by Marco Polo’s father and his uncle, in which they go to present day china and meet Kublai Khan. The Polo’s family were the first Europeans that Khan got to meet. The Polo’s represent the ideals of Europeans and Khan was very interested about their way of life. He wanted to know everything they knew about European politics, religion, and their justice system, “And then he inquired about the Pope and the Church, and about all that is done