In 1253 Nicolo and Maffeo Polo set out on a trading journey to Constinople. Nicolo’s wife was expecting a baby. The Polo’s 6th year in Constinople trouble occurred in the Byzantine Empire, so they moved their headquarters to Soldia. Business was not good. In 1260 the brothers went to Surai on the Volga River, where they traded for a year. Then they tried to leave but got themselves stranded at Bukhara for 3 years. After they left Bukhara they came to a murderous obstacle of the Gobi Desert. They finally reached the new capitol of the great Kahn, Beijing in 1266.

Kublai Khan, the great Kahn, was very hospitable and asked then about the Pope and the Roman church. A year later the great Kahn sent them with a message to the Pope asking to send him 100 learned men to teach the people about Christianity and western science. Kublai presented the brothers with a golden tablet that was suppose to keep them safe and assist them. It still took the Polo’s three full years to return to Venice in April of 1269.

Gobi Desert, the route was safe and well established during the Mongol’s rule. When the long journey was finally coming to a close the great Kahn had sent escorts to the travelers to bring them to his court. In April of 1275 the Polo’s finally reached the capitol of Kublai Kahn. The Polo’s have traveled a total of 5600 miles and it took them 3 and a half years. Marco says it was the greatest moment when he met the Kahn.

At the end of the year 1271the Polo’s once again left Italy. This time they had Marco and two monks. It took then a long time because the recent Pope had died, and they had to get a new one. The monks hastily ran away after they reached the war zone. After that they went through Armenia, Persia, Afghanistan, over the Pamirs, and then the Silk Road to China. After arriving at Badakhshan Marco got sick so they had to stay there for a year. Besides the dangerous encounters in the

olo was born in 12 54, in Venice, Italy. He grew up not knowing his father or his uncle. His mother and servants talked very highly of his father. Marco often visited the port and dreamed of going on sea adventures. Soon his mom became ill, and her depression of her husband not being there kept her for having any desire of going on.

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