Marco Polo - Part 2 - The Silk Road

Marco Polo and his family travel the Silk Road to reach the court of the legendary Kublai Khan.

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People and Places

• Marco Polo – Venetian merchant and explorer
• Niccolò Polo – Father of Marco Polo
• Maffeo Polo – Brother of Niccolò, uncle of Marco
• Kublai Khan – Emperor of the Mongol Empire
• Khanbaliq – Capital of Mongol Empire (modern-day Beijing)
• Hormuz – Port at entrance of Persian Gulf
• Badakshan – City on Silk Road located in modern-day Uzbekistan
• Khotan – City in western China (today called Hotan)
• Shazhou – City on edge of Gobi Desert (today called Dunhuang)

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