Marco Polo and the Mongols

Marco Polo and the Mongols

Marco Polo´s quote

The Silk Road

What was Marco Polo Historically famous for?

• historically important international trade route between China and the Mediterranean.
• Zhang Qian opened up the world-famous Silk Road during the Han Dynasty, until the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty
• but also a splendid cultural bridge liking the cultures of China, India, Persia, Arabia, Greek and Rome.
• They traded goods such as, teas, salt, sugar, porcelain, and spices cotton, ivory, wool, gold, and silver.

"Without stones there is no arch." He said that when he and Kublai Khan were looking at the arch. Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone. He said that the bridge isn't supported by one stone or another, but by the line of the arch that they form.

Marco Polo was one of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to Asia during the Middle Ages. He traveled farther than any of his predecessors during his 24-year journey along the Silk Road, reaching China and Mongolia, where he became a confidant of Kublai Khan.

The Mongols Background

Marco Polo's background

Who was Marco Polo

What if the Mongols had not existed

No life in history differs so much in its beginning and its end as that of Temujin, or Genghis Khan. When he was born, in about 1167, the Mongols are only one among many nomadic tribes competing in the eastern steppes. The boy's father, chieftain of a small clan, his father was poisoned when Temujin was eight.

Born on September 15, 1254 in Venice, Italy. Marco Polo was one of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to Asia during the Middle Ages. He traveled the Silk Road, reaching China and Mongolia.

He traveled extensively with his family, journeying from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295. He remained in China for 17 years. Around 1292, he left China, acting as consort along the way to a Mongol princess who was being sent to Persia.

• China would not have been conquered by the mongols
• The Mongols wouldn't spread the Black Death as fast as they spread it( the black death would spread really slowly).
• They wouldn't bring two deadly inventions to the West or bring silk and spices

Sources

One additional effect

The Mongols introduced two deadly Chinese inventions guns and gunpowder to the West. Also improved guns first for piracy, to seize control over parts of the ocean-going silk and spices trade

The positive impacts the Mongols did

Positive effect was of the Golden Horde's occupation of Eastern Europe was the unification of Russia. The Russian people were organized into a series of small self-governing city-states, the most important being Kiev and managed to defeat and expel the Mongols.

http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/who-was-marco-polo.htm

How did the Mongols made a difference in the world

Asia conquered

Facts about Marco Polo

How did marco polo made a difference in the world?

The Mongols

• It took four years for Marco, his father and his uncle to reach China.
• His father's name was Niccolo Polo. His mother died when he was very young.
• The Polos were some of the first Europeans who traveled to China and Mongolia.
• Marco Polo was a Christian.

http://marcopoloyvonnewei.weebly.com/

The Mongols had negative and positive impacts on Europe. The negative impact was in the 1300s, that a disease wiped out approximately one-third of Europe's population in what is known as the Black Death, and unleashed a plague in Europe.

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-mongol-empire-195041

By the time Kublai Khan died in 1227, he controlled almost 1/3 of Asia. His empire stretched from Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. His personal empire was more than 2 times bigger than the Greek Empire of Alexander the Great.

The Mongol Empire existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and was the largest contiguous land empire in history. The Mongols were known as fierce horsemen and warriors, the Mongol clans were united in 1206 by the powerful chief Temujin, later known as Genghis Khan.

Marco Polo changed the world by writing a book about his travels from Venice to China. He inspired other adventurers, such as the explorer Christopher Columbus, who always carried a copy of Polo's book. Maps he brought back helped to develop European cartography, and he introduced Europe to Chinese innovations such as paper money, coal, eyeglasses and a postal service.

http://www.livescience.com/27513-marco-polo.html

www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=aa76

http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/genghis-khan.htm

Sourcecs Pt.2

https://www.reference.com/history/did-marco-polo-change-world-b5879a9fb2c026e4

https://www.thoughtco.com/mongols-effect-on-europe-195621

http://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/marco-polo-facts.html

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/silk-road/

http://www.ducksters.com/history/china/silk_road.php

What if Marco polo had never existed

• Polo would never wrote his adventure book
• Polo wouldn't inspired people to travel, for an example Christopher Columbus
• Someone else would have gone to China from Italy soon after the time Marco Polo was supposed to.