National Geographic, Volume 199National Geographic Society., 2001 - Geography |
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In 1260 , when Marco was six , the elder Polos set out from a merchants ' colony in the Crimea to sell jewels on the lower Volga . Six adventurous years later they arrived at Kublai's court . Marco says the Mongol emperor ...
In 1260 , when Marco was six , the elder Polos set out from a merchants ' colony in the Crimea to sell jewels on the lower Volga . Six adventurous years later they arrived at Kublai's court . Marco says the Mongol emperor ...
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F OR PROTECTION FROM Robbers the Polos probably joined a caravan as they started for Yazd , 310 miles to the southeast . In Persia were many cruel people and murderers , ” Marco wrote . Europeans who transited this region on horseback ...
F OR PROTECTION FROM Robbers the Polos probably joined a caravan as they started for Yazd , 310 miles to the southeast . In Persia were many cruel people and murderers , ” Marco wrote . Europeans who transited this region on horseback ...
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Lake in Hangzhou N THE LATE 1280s , after some 15 years in China , the Polos could see entranced Marco trouble ahead . Their patron Kublai , in his 70s , was sliding into a gouty , alcoholic torpor . And Chinese resentment of the Mongol ...
Lake in Hangzhou N THE LATE 1280s , after some 15 years in China , the Polos could see entranced Marco trouble ahead . Their patron Kublai , in his 70s , was sliding into a gouty , alcoholic torpor . And Chinese resentment of the Mongol ...
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