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Marco Polo. In 1271, 18-year-old Marco Polo set off from his hometown of Venice with his father and uncle, who were wealthy merchants, to visit China. They went by ship to Anatolia, and travelled the rest of the way overland. They followed the Silk Road, along which merchants from China broughts silks to Europe. The road runs north of the Himalayas and the journey took four years. The Emperor Kublai Khan welkomed them warmly and marco became a civil servant and diplomat. After 17 years working for the emperor, the Polos decided to travel home. At first, the khan refused to let them go, but in 1292 they received permission and returned homeby sea, arriving in 1295. Marco spent the rest of his life as a merchant in venice. At one timehe was imprisoned and while in jailwrote an account of his travels which inspired other explorers such as a Christopher Calumbus.


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Ibn Battuta. As a boy, Ibn Battuta studies the Holy Qur’an . He became an expert in Muslim theology. When he was 21, he set off from Tangier on the pilgrimage to Makkah. During the next 28 years he travelled more than 120,000 kilometres, even further than Marco Polo. After visiting Makkah he joined a caravan of pilgrims which was returning to Persia (now Iran). He continued to travel around the Middle East, studying the people and culture, and writing down anything that interested him. He eventually arrived in Dehli. He stayed there for 8 years working for the Sultan. In 1342 he was sent by the Sultan as his ambassador to Chine. Having survived a number of shipwrecks, he reached his destination in 1344. He was impressed by Chinese culture and their use of paper money. After a year he decided to return home. Back in Tangier, Ibn Battuta wrote an account of his adventures called Rihla. Many of his contemporaries refused to believe the story of his travels. It was only long after his death that he came to be appreciated.