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- 23.04.2018 00:27
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Marco Polo is famous for his journeys across Asia. He was one of the first Europeans to travel in Mongoliaand China. He wrote a famous book called 'The Travels'. He was born in Venice, Italy in 1254. In 1272, whenhe was only 17 years old, he travelled to Asia with his father and uncle. The journey was very long. Theyvisited a lot of places and saw wonderful things: eye glasses, ice-cream, spaghetti and the riches of Asia.After three years they entered China through the Great Wall. In 1275 Хубилай Khon, the Emperor of China, met the visitors at his Summer Palace in the capital of China at Xanadu. The palace was very beautiful.There were a lot of gold things and silk curtains. The Emperor gave a big banquet. There were more than athousand people in the palace. On the emperor's birthday 5,000 soldiers rode through the city to the.palace on elephants. Marco Polo visited some huge markets, where merchants from all over the worldbought and sold all kinds of things. He was happy to see one of the greatest cities of the thirteenth centuryand spent 18 years in China. When he returned to Italy in 1295, he became a popular storyteller. Peoplecame to his home to hear stories about his journeys in the East. Many of them did not believe him. When hedied, he said: 'I haven't told half of what I saw, because no one can believe it.'
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