Marco Polo.

 

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Marco Polo lived from 1254 to 1324. His father was a trader and often …………………….to distant countries. In 1271 Marco …………….. Venice with his father to go on a long voyage to the East. Clearly, journeys used to take longer then than they do now, and it was only after they …………………for three years that they arrived in China, at the palace of the great Kublai Khan. The Emperor remembered Marco's father from when he ……………….. before and he ………………the travellers.

While he …………………. in China, Marco ……………….. the language, and often……………….. on business for the Emperor. After several years Marco and his father decided to leave China, and they ………………… their wishes with the Emperor when a message ……………… from the King of Persia, who wanted to marry Kublai Khan's daughter . Marco and his father decided to accompany the wedding group, so, after twenty­ four years away, Marco Polo ……………back in Venice in 1295.