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When Marco Polo returned to Italy he brought back the things from Asia and introduced them to Europe. In this time people didn't take baths so perfume was a welcoming scent. The foods were mushy and over cooked so spices made them taste better and clothing was rough against the skin and silk felt cool or warm when put on and it was beautiful. Foods like peaches were also introduced and there was very little fruit in Europe. Polo's book told of magnificent wonders and of another world. When sailing technology caught up with the fever of people wanting all the things that Polo introduced the race was on to find a water route to Asia. The Silk Road was dangerous, took months to travel, had robberies, and was expensive for investors to sponsor so a water route was needed to get the things that people wanted.

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