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"American kids can get by without knowing much about the rest of the world." This realization inspired him to create "Team Marco Polo," a children's show that combines the intelligent humor of ...
(Spoilers ahead for large chunks season 2 of the Netflix original series “Marco Polo,” including the season finale. And a disclaimer: Yes, we know “Marco Polo” is a fictionalized ...
They know the children's game. They know the idea of ... But there are about 150 very early manuscripts of Marco Polo's book in existence. That doesn't sound like many, but it's evidence that ...
9. Marco Polo believed in sorcery and evil spirits. Throughout his book, Polo describes encounters with magicians and sorcerers. At the court of Kublai Khan, Polo met astrologers who (allegedly ...
Today, 700 years after his death, Marco Polo remains a household name. But who was the Italian traveler who chronicled his Silk Road journey to China's Mongol Empire — and why has his legacy ...
Medieval audiences couldn’t get enough of Polo’s fascinating accounts of faraway lands, turning his book into a runaway success. Marco Polo carries his popular book Il Milione, known in ...
After returning to Italy, Polo collaborated with the writer Rustichello da Pisa to chronicle his journey. The resulting book, "Il Milione" (The Million), known in English as "The Travels of Marco ...