HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Question
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Rome; son
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Venice, Italy; grandson
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the height of the Mongol Empire, Marco Polo served Emperor Kublai Khan in China and returned to Venice to write an account of his experiences that would give Europeans some of their earliest information about China.
Detailed explanation-2: -Marco Polo, a Venetian explorer and merchant, published a book titled “The Travels of Marco Polo.” In his story, he regaled Europeans with his adventures on the Silk Road and his meeting with the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan, grandson of Ghengis Khan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Marco Polo was a merchant from Venice and an adventurer who traveled from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295. He traveled through Asia along the Silk road in the 13th century. The story of his travels is recorded in ‘II Milione’ (The Million) also called ‘The Travels of Marco Polo’.