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Portrait of Marco Polo

Marco Polo

(1254–1324) Merchant Republic of Venice

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Marco Polo was a merchant from the Republic of Venice, best known for London - Marco Polo Travel Guide.

Quick Facts About Marco Polo

Born: September 15, 1254
Died: January 8, 1324
Nationality: Republic of Venice
Profession: Merchant
Notable works: London - Marco Polo Travel Guide
Known for: The book of Ser Marco Polo the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East
Spouse: Donata Badoer

About Marco Polo

Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo, a book that described the then-mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the Mongol Empire and China under the Yuan dynasty, giving Europeans their first comprehensive look into China, Persia, India, Japan, and other Asian societies.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Marco Polo

The militant Muslim is the person who beheads the infidel, while the moderate Muslim holds the feet of the victim.

Feet

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“Here people was once used to be honourable: now they are all bad; they have kept one goodness: that they are greatest…

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I have not told half of what I saw.

Half

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I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that…

Command

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To the north of Armenia lies Zorzania Georgia, near the confines of which there is a fountain of oil which discharges so…

Armenia

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I have not told the half of what I saw.

Half

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And when the Old Man wished to kill someone, he would take him and say: "Go and do this thing. I do…

Assassins

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If you put together all the Christians in the world, with their Emperors and their Kings, the whole of these Christians, -…

Able

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The law which their prophet Mohamed has given to muslims is that any harm done to any one who does not accept…

Accepting

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The half I saw has not believed

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“The personal appearance of the Great Kaan, Lord of Lords, whose name is Cublay, is such as I shall now tell you.”

Khan

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The true sweetness of wine is one flavor

Flavor

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One of these nuts is a meal for a man, both meat and drink.

Cooking

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My heart beats as much as I can breathe.

Beats

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Without stones there is no arch

Arches

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I believe it was God's will that we should come back, so that men might know the things that are in the…

Believe

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