PLZ HELP I NEED ESSAY BY 2:00PM In the 13th century, Venetian traders Niccolo, Maffeo, and Marco Polo were traveling through Central Asia when they became stranded due to an outbreak of war. They were rescued by a Mongol ambassador who took them to meet the Mongol emperor, Kublai Khan, who made them official members of his royal court. The Polos went on to spend 17 years in China before returning home. Years after his return, Marco Polo wrote a book about his travels that became popular across Europe. Discuss the impact that Marco Polo’s writings had on Europe and the European people’s relations with the people of the East.
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Venetian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo traveled from Europe to Asia from ... merchants Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, were in Asia for much of Polo's youth. ... Unable to recruit the 100 priests that Kublai Khan had requested, they left with only ... getting a taste of the hard journey ahead of them, soon turned back for home.

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the captain of a steam ship naturally chooses the shortest route to his destination. since a sailing ship is usually pushed by winds and currents, its captain must find a route where the wind will probably blow in the right direction. tacking, i.e. using contrary wind to pull (sic) the sails, was always possible but wasted time because of the zigzagging required, and this would significantly delay long voyages. the early european explorers were not only looking for new lands. they also had to discover the pattern of winds and currents that would carry them where they wanted to go. during the age of sail winds and currents determined trade routes and therefore influenced european imperialism and modern political geography. for an outline to the main wind systems see global wind patterns.

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