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Marco Polo
created by: Mayar I
Timeline
1295
1265 early 1266
1274
Returning home to Venice from China.
returning to not so great news.
Marco Polo's father and uncles first voyage
Marco Polo arriving in Cathay (China)
Venice at war
Timeline
1254
1275
Birth of Marco Polo
WE WILL GET TO HIM LATER, DON'T WORRY
First mission from Kublai Khan
1298
1271
Journey to Cathay with his uncle and father
Imprisonment of Marco Polo
A cause of the war
Took them about 3 and a half years to
get there.
Niccolo and Maffeo's second voyage
Importance
Niccolo and Maffeo
prosperous merchants
Identity
Niccolo
Synopsis
* The father of Marco Polo
* Uncle of Marco Polo
Maffeo
** established trading posts**
Constantinople
.........
Western part of the Mongol empire
Importance
Kublai Khan
Experience
Traveled to the Western Mongol Empire.
~Encouraged to visit Kublai Khan
~Genghis Khans grandsons
~ Yuan dynasty founder/ruler
Silk Road?
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted
Ancient trade route
Silk Road
Western world
with the Middle East and Asia
What traveled along the Silk Road?
Silk!
Religions and practices
Marco Polo's journey
Why did he go on the journey?
Journey
Eagerness from the Polo brothers to return.
Maffeo
~ Alongside his Uncle and Father
~ Took 3 years
~ Took longer than excepted
~ Traveled to Modern day China
~ Visited lots of Great cities: some of which,
Request from The mighty Kublai Khan
Interest in Christianity
Compare the two journeys
Most of these crucial key details are mentioned in Marco Polo's journal
Great cities mentioned,
Jerusalem. The Hindu Kush. Persia. The Gobi Desert
Journey
Maffeo
book title
The travels of Marco Polo
Impact
- Finalized/written during Marco Polo's imprisonment.
the journal kept during his voyage
- Fellow prisoner Rustichello. Said to be some sort of criminal.
- Doubtful and too far-fetched "stay at home" Europeans
- Why was the book hard to believe?
Modern day society views
Impact. pt 2
An economic scientist said: "if used with care, in broad terms, we can take into account some of the major ideas to be true."
More opinions
A copy of Marco Polo's Novel
Mark Elvin
Silk Road
Influence
Impact
Ending
Ending
The end