GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Marco Polo, Venetian traveller, travelled from Venice to China and Japan in :
A
1285 - 90
B
1288 - 93
C
1290 - 96
D
1295 - 1301
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Marco Polo was an Italian merchant born in 1254 C.E. who traveled with his father further east than most Europeans had ever gone. The goals of this journey were to spread Christianity to the ruling class of China and to establish trade relations with the new Yuan dynasty.

Detailed explanation-2: -Though he was not the first European to reach China (see Europeans in Medieval China), Marco Polo was the first to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience.

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