Marco Polo's Travel

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Marco Polo’s travel
He was a venetian merchant. At the height of the Mongol Empire, he traveled across Asia. He made it possible for the diffusion of cultural between Asia and Europe as he motivated the Age of Exploration. The important impacts his travels have on the world had shaped its history. He visited Kublai Khan and was favored. He served the Khan and got his 1st free trade throughout China. He escorted Koeke In, the Mongol princess to the ILkhan Arghun. He was captured in a the war of Genoa and Venice in 1298. After being released, he lived as a wealthy merchant in Venice.

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