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Marco Polo: Genoa

On returning to Venice, Marco was imprisoned for in year in Genoa (located in Italy). The reason he was imprisoned was because of his participation in the Venetian navy who fought against Genoa. In 1298 AD, the soldiers were defeated and Marco Polo was caught. In the prison, there was a writer name Rustichello. Marco told Rustichello all the interesting things he had seen and heard during his travels. As Marco told, Rustichello wrote. From what Rustichello wrote, it soon became a book called The Travels of Marco Polo. The book illustrated how the travels impacted Marco and also the customs and values that Marco had brought back with him to Venice.

Marco Polo: Persia

Kublai Khan ordered Marco to take his betrothed daughter to Persia (modern-day Iran) where she would be married. With Marco on board with the task, Marco and the Princess began to sail southward on the China Sea. According to Marco, the voyage was long and perilous. One of the stops during the Voyage was Borneo where they stayed for a couple of days then continued on. They also stopped in Ceylon and Sumatra. As the reached the Persian Gulf, the princess started getting ready for marriage. After Marco, the princess, and three other Venetians reach the capital of Persia, they were entertained by the Persians for weeks in a magnificent manner and expensive presents were given to all.

Marco Polo: Acre

Marco was just a seventeen when his father and uncle came back. Marco’s father Niccolo and his brother Maffeo decided to take you Marco with them as they left once again to travel the world. From Venice, the Polos began their journey by across the Mediterranean Sea. After they left Venice, the Polo’s first stop was the ancient port of Acre (modern day Israel). From there, they rode camels to the Persian port of Hormuz, which is now in Iran. The travelers continued by camel across the deserts and mountains of Asia. The travelers continued by camel across the deserts and mountains of Asia. More than three years after leaving Venice, they reached Kublai Khan's summer palace in Shangdu

Marco Polo: Sumatra

To get to Sumatra Marco and his father and uncle sailed through the Strait of Malacca. As he was in Sumatra, Marco wrote that Sumatra was divided into eight kingdoms, and each kingdom spoke a different language. The kingdom that Marco stayed in was called Ferlec which today could be called Perak which is in the northern part of Malaysia. As he was in Ferlec Marco said that the people used to be Hindus but later converted to Islam through the contact with Muslim merchants. In Ferlec Marco learned new religions which he would later tell his people I n Venice.

Marco Polo: China

An emperor of Cathay named Kublai Khan lived in Peking, China, and before Marco had ever left Venice, his father and uncle had been to Cathay and met with Kublai Khan many times. Marco’s father and uncle entertained the emperor with stories of Western Europe. When Marco’s father and uncle came back to Peking where Kublai Khan currently lived Marco came along. The emperor became so happy to see Marco (about 15 or 16 at the time) that later on, important positions in the Chinese court were given to Marco. Marco became a trusted friend of Kublai Khan. He lived in China for a couple of years moving around the country and studied the Chinese. Later on he was able to speak the language.

Marco Polo: Persian Gulf

Marco reached the Persian Gulf around 1272 with his father and uncle. They were planning to be head to china on ships, but the ships weren’t in a good enough shape to beat the storms of the Indian Ocean. Marco describes the ships as “being built without the benefit of nail but rather sewn together”. Instead of using ships the Polos traveled by land trough Afghanistan, where they found ruby minds. Marco got a fever while in Afghanistan, so the Polos stay in that region for about a year. Marco says that the almost magical quality of the high altitude and pure air cured his sickness.