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Marco Polo. (1254 – 1324). By Kaylyn Nadon. Life at a Glance…. Born in Venice (his father, Nicolo Polo, was a merchant Nicolo and his brother, Maffeo Polo, had left on a trading mission shortly before Marco’s birth (from Venice to Asia in the mid 1200’s) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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1227- Death of Genghis Khan 1251-Kublai Khan becomes Governor of China1254-Marco Polo is born1260-first defeat of the Mongols by the Mamluks; brothers Nicolo and Maffeo Polo set sail from Constantinople for the Crimean port of Sudak in search of new markets for their wares
1268- Death of Pope Clement IV(delays the Polo brothers in fulfilling their request from the Khan of delivering a letter to the pope.)
1269-The Polo brothers return to find Nicolo’s wife has died and his son, Marco
1271- New Pope is crowned and thus begins Marco Polo’s journey with his father and uncle back to see the Khan 1275-Marco Polo arrives in Peking
1292- The Polo's settle in Kaikhatu in the Levant for seven months 1294- The Death of Kublai Khan:
effectively the end of the Mongol empire despite several later attempted invasions by independent khanates. Marco Polo returns to Venice in 1295.)
1298- Marco Polo is imprisoned at Genoa following the battle of Kurzola: there, he meets a writer, Rustichello of Pisa, and together they begin a book of Marco's travels 1299- Marco Polo is released as a
prisoner of war in Genoa: at about this time, Marco marries a Venetian, Donata: they have three daughters, Bellela, Fantina and Moreta: the death of Nicolo Polo
1324-Death of Marco Polo from illness at the age of 70
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FOR AN EXTENSIVE INDEPTH LOOK AT MARCO POLO’S LIFE VISIT :http://website.lineone.net/~mcrouch/marcopolo/marcopolo.htm
