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Sep 14, 1254
Marco Polo is born in Venice Italy
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Jan 15, 1259
Niccolo and Maffeo Polo leave Constantinople and move their business to a city in Crimea named Soldaia.
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Jan 15, 1262
Niccolo and Maffeo meet Kublai Khan for the first time in China.
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Jan 15, 1266
The Polo brothers arrive at the court of Kublai Kahn in China.
Kublai Kahn sends them back to Venice with a letter to the Pope that requests 100 missionaries to convert his people. -
Dec 31, 1268
Nicolo and Maffeo Polo receive an invitation to Cathay, China to meet Kublai Khan
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Jan 15, 1271
Marco travels with Maffeo and Niccolo to Cathay (China)
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Jan 15, 1274
Marco Polo arrive in China after 3 years. He also meets Kublai Khan and learns to speak Chinese very fluently.
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Jan 15, 1275
Marco Polo impresses Kublai Khan on his misson. He traveled across China and Kublai "hired" Marco to work for him.
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Jan 15, 1280
Marco Polo becomes ruler of one of Kublai Khan's cities. This proved he was well-liked by Khan.
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Jan 15, 1295
Marco finally returns home to Venice for the first time over twenty years
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Jan 15, 1298
Marco becomes captured as a prisoner of war. Here, he told his adventures to a fellow inmate where the inmate wrote the stories down
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Jan 15, 1299
Marco was released from prison
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Jan 15, 1300
Marco gets married at the age of forty-six. He had three daughters
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Jan 15, 1307
Marco Polo becomes widely famous when a book of his stories made its way to Europe.
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Jan 15, 1324
Marco Polo dies in Venice, Italy at the age of 74. He was the inspiration of the greatest explorers like Christoper Columbus.