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ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
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Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
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ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
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ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
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ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛß
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ßÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛßß ßÛÛÜ ßßßÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [General Info on Marco ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Polo ]
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[ ]11-12 [ ]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [x]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 12/94 # of Words:306 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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POLO, Marco (1254-1323?). In 1298 a Venetian adventurer named Marco
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Polo wrote a fascinating book about his travels in the Far East. Men read
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his accounts of Oriental riches and became eager to find sea routes to
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China, Japan, and the East Indies. Even Columbus, nearly 200 years later,
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often consulted his copy of 'The Book of Ser Marco Polo'.
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In Marco's day the book was translated and copied by hand in several
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languages. After printing was introduced in the 1440's, the book was
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circulated even more widely. Many people thought that the book was a fable
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or a gross exaggeration. A few learned men believed that Marco wrote truly,
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however, and they spread Marco's stories of faraway places and unknown
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peoples. Today geographers agree that Marco's book is amazingly accurate.
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Marco Polo was born in the city-republic of Venice in 1254. His father
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and uncles were merchants who traveled to distant lands to trade. In 1269
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Marco's father, Nicolo`, and his uncle Maffeo returned to Venice after
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being away many years. On a trading expedition they had traveled overland
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as far as Cathay (China). Kublai Khan, the great Mongol emperor of China,
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asked them to return with teachers and missionaries for his people. So they
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set out again in 1271, and this time they took Marco.
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From Venice the Polos sailed to Acre, in Palestine. There two monks,
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missionaries to China, joined them. Fearing the hard journey ahead,
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however, the monks soon turned back. The Polos crossed the deserts of
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Persia (Iran) and Afghanistan. They mounted the heights of the Pamirs, the
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"roof of the world," descending to the trading cities of Kashgar (Shufu)
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and Yarkand (Soche). They crossed the dry stretches of The Gobi. Early in
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1275 they arrived at Kublai Khan's court at Cambaluc (Peking). At that time
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Marco was 21 years old.
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