![]() ![]() Polo spent four years marching along the silk road to the capital of Beijing. The Silk Road refers to a combination of routes that link China to Central Asia. They passed through South China Sea to Sumatra and the Indian Ocean, and finally docked at Hormuz. Polo then explored southern cities of China, and the trio returned home in 1292. The trio stayed in the Khan's court for 17 years and acquired wealth in form of jewels and gold. They then met the King at Shangdou (Xanadu, near Hohhot), and then went to Beijing. The trio went through Armenia, Persia, and Afghanistan to Pamirs.Īfter Kashgar and the Taklamakan Desert, they reached Suchow ( Dunhuang ) city and Marco stayed there for a year.Īfter Xinjiang, the trio traveled to Inner Mongolia. In 1271, his father and uncle took him along to China then called Cathy. His father and uncle, who had been to China before during their trading on the Silk Road, had one time visited Kublan Khan who was an emperor in the Yuan Dynasty. Marco Polo's journey to China was itself inspired by his father's and uncle's traveling to the country after listening to their stories. Although it is not clear where he was born (either at Curzola, off the coast of Dalmatia or at Venice), Marco Polo grew up in Venice. ![]()
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