the coming of marco poloi Flashcards
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niccolò and maffeo polo
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traveled to Constantinople as jewel merchants
- fighting broke outs o instead of gong home, they went to kublai khan
- kublai khan asked fro roman catholic popes for the religion
- the polo brothers went home and got missionaries
- the missionaries quit on the way there
- marco polo (17) went with them the second time and was influenced to be a travler
- the polo brothers remained in china for 17 years