An illustration from a medieval French manuscript depicts the Polo brothers’ meeting with Kublai Khan. Credit: Bibliothèque ...

When in 1266 Kublai Khan invited Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, respectively father and uncle of the legendary Venetian merchant ...

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

Establishing himself as a confidant of Kublai Khan (1214-1294), Polo traversed the entirety of China, crafting the greatest ...

Marco Polo was only one of many traders to receive a warm welcome and to work for the Khan. Mongols themselves were not involved in the caravan trade; they encouraged others. Kublai Khan used caravan ...

authenticated by the Chinese emperor Kublai Khan himself. The chapter of Marco Polo's book was titled, somewhat breathlessly: "How the great Khan Causes the Bark of Trees, Made into Something Like ...

In Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities, Marco Polo and Kublai Khan are sitting comfortably, the former regaling the latter with descriptions of the impossible places he has visited. Khan asks Polo ...

The Venetian, Marco Polo, spent 24 years travelling across Asia on behalf of Kublai Khan. He was finally allowed to return to Venice only to find it at war with Genoa. Marco was taken prisoner and ...

In an era where divisive policies threaten to overshadow the benefits of unity, Marco Polo's legacy lives on in Italy's ...

When meeting with representatives of the China-Italy cultural cooperation organization and attending the discussions of ...

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