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Mind Map by Thakira Stemmet, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Thakira Stemmet
over 7 years ago
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Marco Polo
- Born Venice, Italy 1254
- Died 1324
- Spent 24 years of life travelling
- Wanted to make contact with people in the East
- Travelled from Italy
- Through Baghdad
- and through Gobi Desert
- To China
- Returned to Italy via INDIA
- To show how India could be reached from China by sea
- To show how India could be reached from China by sea
- Returned to Italy via INDIA
- To China
- and through Gobi Desert
- Route known as Silk Road
- Through Baghdad
- Guest of Wealthy Chinese Ruler, Kubla Khan
- Kubla Khan gave M Polo a TABLET
- The tablet was a VIP Passport
- Got horses
- Got food
- Got guides
- Got places to sleep
- Ensure safety on his way back to Europe
- Got horses
- The tablet was a VIP Passport
- Kubla Khan gave M Polo a TABLET
- Journey home took him 3 years
- Age of Discovery -
- a period of exploration by European Sailors from the early 15th Century that lasted about 200 years
- Its what Marco Polos travels are called
- a period of exploration by European Sailors from the early 15th Century that lasted about 200 years
- Wrote a Book about his travels which Christopher Columbus read
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