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- - - - He was a merchant who traveled to Asia in the Middle. The entire journey took 24 years. While being in China he met the Emperor Kublai Khan and he then became his confidant.
      - Marco Polo was imprisoned in 1298 because he lead a Venetian galley into battle against the rival Italian city Genoa.
        In prison he might a writer named Rustichello who wrote about Marco's travels and adventures and later published his book.
    - - Marco Polo is best known for his accomplishments as a world traveler and pioneer in expanding trade routes in Asia, including what is now called the Silk Road. Marco Polo was not the first European to reach China, but he was the first to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience.
    - - Marco Polo influenced the Renaissance period by bringing back inventions and ideas from his travels. Some things he introduced to Europe were; Pasta, Paper Money, Coal, Lenses, Gunpowder, Silk and Spices. Paper Money: Revolutionized finance and commerce in Europe.
      - Polo's well-documented travels to China were some of the most influential in the world history, and did much to kick start the European age of exploration. He influenced our society today because without his documented travels the ate of exploration might not have happened causing the America's to be undiscovered for how ever long.
    - - Polo traveled extensively with his family, journeying from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295 and remaining in China for 17 of those years. Around 1292, he left China, acting as consort along the way to a Mongol princess who was being sent to Persia.
    - - Marco Polo died at the age of 69. The cause of his death was because he was caught in the San Lorenzo Church fire.