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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