Modern day Mongolia was formerly central Asia and it was located between China and what would become Russia. In it lived a nomadic people called the Mongols. Under the leadership Genghis Khan the Mongols conquered an area with a distance of about 4500 miles. The area extended from the Korean Peninsula all the way to Vienna. Following Genghis Khans rule, Kublai Khan became the most powerful man on earth. Marco Polo after being on a three year journey through Persia, Afghanistan, and northern India and into China, became a minister in Kublai Khans régime. And in the coming years he traveled throughout Southeastern Asia with the Mongols. The Book of Ser Marco Polo was an account of his travels. This account was later known to be the origin
