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At its height, the Mongolian Empire stretched from eastern China to western Europe.The Mongols start invading China.
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They spend 9 years travelling to China, meeting Kublai Khan and travelling back. During this time Marco's mother dies and Marco is raised by an aunt and uncle.
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Marco Polo is born in Venice (now Italy).
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Marco's father and uncle return to Venice from China. Marco meets his father for the first time. Marco's father and uncle present a letter to the pope from Kublai Khan.
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Marco leaves Venice with his father and uncle. They carry a letter from the new pope to Kublai Khan in China. They travel through the HOly Land, and Persia.
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After travelling for 3 years, the three Polos arrive in China and present the pope's letter to Kublai Khan. They spend the following 17 years serving the Khan in China.
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Kublai Khan appoints Marco as an envoy. Marco travels throughout China doing the work of the Khan.
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Kublai Khan appointgs Marco as a govonor over a Chinese city.
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The Polo family leaves China to escort a Mongolian princess to Persia so that she may marry. They sail throughout South-east Asia and to the Middle East.
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This is a map pof their travels all over Asia.The Polos arrive in Venice to a war between Venice and Genoa. They have travelled over 24 000 km.
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Marco Polo is imprisoned by the Genoans. During this time, Marco told his story to a fellow prisoner who wrote down everything Marco said. The writings became a book called "Il Milione". It is also called " The Description of the World" and "The Travels of Marco Polo".
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Marco Polo is released from prison. The book becomes well known all over Europe.
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Marco Polo marries Donata Vitale Badoer and have three daughters. Their names are Fantina, Bellela and Moreta.
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On this day Marco Polo dies at home with his family around him. He is burried the convent of San Lorenzo, Italy.
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Title image:(2008) Portrait of Marco Polo[Online Image]. Retrieved from http://shardsofchina.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/misusing-marco-polo/
Slide 1219: (n.d.) Mongol Cavalry [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://peter.mackenzie.org/history/hist1010.htm
Slide 5th Jan. 1254:(2008) Kublai Khan. [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.wliw.org/marcopolo/interactives/timeline-marco-polos-journey/118/ -
Slide 1324: Descouens, Didier. (2011) San Lorenzo, Venice, Italy [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_polo
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Slide 15th Sept 1254: (2008) Portrait of Marco Polo [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.wliw.org/marcopolo/interactives/timeline-marco-polos-journey/118/
Slide 1269: (2008) Niccolo and Maffeo Polo present a letter from Kubilai to Pope Gregory X in 1271 [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.wliw.org/marcopolo/interactives/timeline-marco-polos-journey/118/ -
Slide 1271: Scttmadera. (2008). Marco Polo sets on a Journey to Court of Mongolia (1271) [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.dipity.com/scttmadera/The_Conquest_of_the_New_World/ Slide 1274: (2008) The Polo family arrives in a Chinese city [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.wliw.org/marcopolo/interactives/timeline-marco-polos-journey/118/
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Slide 1275: (2008) Marco dressed in Tartar costume [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.wliw.org/marcopolo/interactives/timeline-marco-polos-journey/118/ Slide 1280: (n.d.) The Forbidden City, Once the Chinese Imperial Palace [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.globusjourneys.com/Product.aspx?trip=3OL&content=overview
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Slide 1295:Hoyt, Alia. (2013). "This print from a 14th-century miniature shows the Polos leaving Venice en route to China" [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/who-was-marco-polo.htm Slide 1298: (2008) A page from a manuscript of Il Milione [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.wliw.org/marcopolo/interactives/timeline-marco-polos-journey/118/
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Slide 1299: Coggins, Jay S. & C. Federico Perali. (1998) "Venice in the 1200's" [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/19/64-majority-rule-in-ducal-venice-voting-for-the-doge/ Slide 1300: (2012). Genealogy of the Family of Marco Polo the Traveller [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/polo/marco/travels/appendixb.html
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