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Marco Polo

Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian merchant and traveler. He was born in a merchant family in Venice. He went to China with his father and uncle at the age of 17. In 1275, he arrived in Shangdu (in today’s Inner Mongolia) and became a favorite of Kublai Khan (1214-1294). He assumed several official posts [...]

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Has Macro Polo Really been to China?

Marco Polo is perhaps the most famous explorer of the Medieval Period, particularly for introducing the mysterious Orient to the West. However, in recent years, a number of scholars, Chinese and foreign, question the veracity of Marco Polo’s account, and wonder whether he really visited the Mongol empire, or whether Marco Polo was simply repeating [...]

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