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Marco Polo
Marco Polo was a Venetian explorer and merchant. He was one of the first Westerners to travel through Asia and visit Kublai Khan. Marco Polo wrote “Il Milione” which introduced Europeans to China and Central Asia.
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What was the effect of Marco Polo visiting Asia?
the effect on Europe was paper money and on Asia was gold and silver coins
Why were Marco polo travels important?
he wrote a book about all of his adventures and he did many great things that where noticed then became famous
How did Marcos de Niza the explorer change the world?
In general? Well he was the first European to sight the waters of the Pacific Ocean from an American shore. He also proved to be the source of inspiration for Spanish exploration and conquest along the western coast of South America.
Does anyone have information on Marco Polo?
Marco Polo was an adventurer/explorer born in Venice, Italy. He was a Christian merchant whose travels are recorded in "Il Milione," a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading from talking with his father and uncle, who travelled through Asia and met the famous Kublai Khan.
In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia, returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He was released in 1299, became a wealthy merchant, married and had three children. He died in 1324, and was buried in San Lorenzo.
What goods did Marco polo find in China?
He was his advisor in china....did things for Kublai Khan
By contrast, the Mongol empire presented for a brief time in the thirteenth century a model of unity. A loose federation of separate nomadic tribes in most times, the Mongols were a rough, horseback riding, yurt-dwelling barbarian group that had carried a dream of greatness until consolidation under Genghis (Chinggis) Khan. The word khan means ruler, so the name meant Ruler Genghis. Under his leadership the Mongols forged a new empire, which reached from the Pacific to the Mediterranean, the Arctic to the Persian Gulf. Genghis died in 1227 before he could realize his dream of conquest of the world. If it had not been for the death of his successor in 1241, the Mongols would probably have conquered Europe, and the history of western civilization would have been very different.
By the time of Kubilai a significant change had occurred in the Mongol leaders. Each successor to Genghis had been influenced by the regions he controlled. To the west, the ruler of Persia resembled the Persian shah; in the north, the ruler was Russian; in the east, Kubilai was under the sway of the great civilization he long had battled, the Chinese of the Sung. Chung kuo, the "Middle Kingdom" or China, was the most splendid civilization of its time, outshining even Persia and the Ottoman Empire, and certainly outdistancing poor, divided Europe. Kubilai had moved his capital from the ancient tribal headquarters of Karakorum in the Gobi Desert to the Chinese city of Peking (Marco Polo's Cambulac or Khan Bhalik, meaning "The City of the Emperor"). This change signified the increasing Chinese influence over the khan, for by this time Kubilai regarded himself not as a nomadic barbarian but as a civilized, elegant Chinese gentleman. True, he still had a hunting tent like Genghis Khan's made of leopard skin, but its inside was trimmed with ermine and sable. Like Genghis he had a pleasure house which was also a tent, but its roof was made of gilded bamboo and its tent poles were painted with Chinese dragons. And his palace was magnificent, as Marco Polo described. The Chinese were famous for their ability to absorb their conquerors who tried, in ancient times, to emulate Chinese culture. Kubilai Khan was one example of this.
Before Marco Polo returned and set down his memoirs, most Europeans were ignorant of the great civilizations to their east. The Chinese, for their part, called themselves the center of the earth, or chung-kuo. Other than establishing trade contacts and securing the defense of their borders, they had little interest in dealing with other peoples and scornfully labeled them all "barbarians."
It was through the eyes of Marco Polo that many Europeans first learned about those civilizations to the east, and his book was popular in his own time and for centuries thereafter. Other explorers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the "age of exploration," all confessed that they were inspired by the great world Polo had described. Two hundred years after Marco Polo, another Italian seaman, Christopher Columbus, carried a well-worn copy of Polo's travels when he set out west for a new route to the fabled Indies. Let us now turn to the world Marco Polo saw, and let him tell us about the marvelous civilizations to which he journeyed.
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Who invented the silk road in china?
Marco Polo.It should not be just called a discovery.Silk route was there for centuries before Marco polo could find it and was known to every one in two big continents.Illiteracy and unawareness cannot be glorified.We should invent some good terms for it...
Who gave Marco Polo money to fund his explorations?
his family and later China sent polo other places
What are some dangerous things did Marco Polo do?
He has no help from Europeans as he traveled into the unexplored parts of Asia via the Silk road into India and eventually into China. During his travels he was exposed to new languages, strange foods, new strains of diseases and robbery which was common on the Silk road.
technically he sent himself... he wanted to explore the unknown of Asia, but what he really wanted was to meet the mongols who had captured his father a long time ago.... so his dad and uncle went with him to confront them in their new era...
he also sent himself because he was on a quest to find a better toilette!
What was Marco polos lasting impact on the world?
He tried to bring princess Cocochin from China, but he did not get permission from Kublai Khan (the emperror of China at that time). Instead, he travelled with her to Persia, where Khan Arghun, a persian, was waiting for the princess to marry him. When Marco and the princess reached Persia, the got a message that Kublai Khan was dead, so they went back to China. Marco also brought spices and silk from Asia. Another thing he brought back were memories, knowledge and discriptions of the various places he went to. For example, he studied the art of burning coal to make fuel. He explained it to Europeans.
Did Marco Polo discover anything?
I have to say that I am no quite sure. But I do know that he did write or had books written that were inspired by him and his travels; if that helps anything. I am too looking for this answer; and if I find it I will be sure to let you in on the answer.
His method was that he had about 70 mans and on his first voyage he had
three ships .
What did Marco polo do for kubla Khan?
He was an advisor for Kublia Khan, and did two weddings, one for the marraige of the princess of Mongolia, then the prince died, so they had to remarry her. Marco Polo was very liked by Kublai, and was with held form going back home until a few years later.
Would it be accurate to say that Marco Polo traveled across the world?
Yes because , Marco Polo tells the story of a young Venetians adventurous life .
The routes taken by Marco, his father, and uncle were overland. It took them 4 years to reach China. It can be imagined in the 4 years that they were treated well in some cases, but may have had problems in others.
When did Marco Polo go to China?
Marco Polo, traveled to China in 1269 for the first time. His father and Uncle had traveled there before and had returned to Italy to meet Marco for the first time when he was 15
there u go hunni bunny :)
What was Marco Polo's religious beliefs?
Polo related his experiences traveling the trade routes to the Far East with his father and uncle in the late 13th Century. They twice visited the ruler Kublai Khan in China, and brought greeting from him to the Vatican. On the second trip, they stayed at Khan's insistence nearly 17 years (1274-1291). Polo's recounting of the trips include sections on the Middle East, China, Japan and Southeast Asia, and eastern Africa. Eventually Polo's "Silk Road" to the East was mostly taken over by sailing routes.
yes it was because he founded the compass.
He didn't discover the compass. While in China he observed the Chinese using it. He is said to have brought it back to Italy with him. The Chinese developed the compass.
How old was Marco polo when he started traveling china?
Marco Polo did not discover China, he just explored it.
