Marco polo was seventeen years old when he first travels to
china in 1271 with his father and uncle over the Silk Road which is an overland
route to china. The Silk Road was a series of trade routes that allowed
merchants to transport goods such as silk and precious gems from Central Asia
to Europe. Avoiding traveling the same route the Polo’s did 10 years ago; they
made a wide swing to the north, first arriving to the southern Caucasus and the
kingdom of Georgia. Then they journeyed along the regions parallel to the
western shores of the Caspian Sea, reaching Tabriz and made their way south to
Hormuz on the Persian Gulf. They intended to take sea route to the Chinese
port. From Hormuz, however, finding the ships "wretched affairs....only
stitched together with twine made from the husk of the Indian nut", they
decided to go overland to Cathay and continued eastwards. From Homurz to
Kerman, passing Herat, Balkh, they arrived Badakhshan, where Marco Polo
convalesced from an illness and stayed there for a year. On the move again,
they found themselves on "the highest place in the world, the Pamir",
with its name appeared in the history for the first time. . After Marco Polo
come from China he took part in the naval battle of Curzola/ Korcula between
Genoa and Venice in 1298. He traversing thousands of miles, on horseback
mostly, through uncharted deserts, over steep mountain passes, exposed to
extreme weathers, to wild animals and very uncivilized tribesmen, Marco's book
has become the most influential travelogue on the Silk Road ever written in a
European language, and it paved the way for t he arrivals of thousands of
Westerners in the centuries to come.Saturday, May 19, 2012
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Marco polo was seventeen years old when he first travels to
china in 1271 with his father and uncle over the Silk Road which is an overland
route to china. The Silk Road was a series of trade routes that allowed
merchants to transport goods such as silk and precious gems from Central Asia
to Europe. Avoiding traveling the same route the Polo’s did 10 years ago; they
made a wide swing to the north, first arriving to the southern Caucasus and the
kingdom of Georgia. Then they journeyed along the regions parallel to the
western shores of the Caspian Sea, reaching Tabriz and made their way south to
Hormuz on the Persian Gulf. They intended to take sea route to the Chinese
port. From Hormuz, however, finding the ships "wretched affairs....only
stitched together with twine made from the husk of the Indian nut", they
decided to go overland to Cathay and continued eastwards. From Homurz to
Kerman, passing Herat, Balkh, they arrived Badakhshan, where Marco Polo
convalesced from an illness and stayed there for a year. On the move again,
they found themselves on "the highest place in the world, the Pamir",
with its name appeared in the history for the first time. . After Marco Polo
come from China he took part in the naval battle of Curzola/ Korcula between
Genoa and Venice in 1298. He traversing thousands of miles, on horseback
mostly, through uncharted deserts, over steep mountain passes, exposed to
extreme weathers, to wild animals and very uncivilized tribesmen, Marco's book
has become the most influential travelogue on the Silk Road ever written in a
European language, and it paved the way for t he arrivals of thousands of
Westerners in the centuries to come.
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