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Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy. His dad was a jewel merchant and his mom died when he was young.
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Marco leaves for China with his dad and uncle, they were looking for items to sell. His dad was returning to see Kublai Khan.
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The timeline of Marco Polo’s life.
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Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan paid Marco his dad and uncle a lot of money for doing missions for him. Kublai Khan loved Marco but the people did not.
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Kublai Khan would not let Marco and his family leave China. Escorting the Princess was a way out of China.
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Kublai Khan dies, and now Marco can not go back China. Without Kublai's protection Marco would not be safe.
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Not able to go back to china Marco is forced to return home.
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After returning home war broke out in Italy. Marco became the "gentleman commander" of a Venetian ship. He was captured in a sea battle and sent to prison. While he was in prison he made a friend and his famous book "The Travels of Marco Polo".
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Marco got released and returned to Italy. He takes his book with him.
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Marco's dad dies. Then at 45 years old he gets married to Donata Badoer. They had 3 daughters together.
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At age 69 Marco Polo dies. On his deathbed he famously said "I never told half of what I saw."
