2. Marco Poloโs Early Life
โข Born in Croatia or Venice
โข Born 1254
โข His dad went on journey
โข When 13 years old mother died
โข Raised by Uncle and Aunt
โข Well educated
โข 1269 father came back met Marco first time
โข 1271 Marco went off to journey aged 17
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4. โข His father Niccolรฒ was a merchant
who traded with the Middle East.
6. Timeline Of Marco Poloโs Life
โข 1254 born
โข 1269 father returns
โข 1271 left for China
โข 1292 Taken Princess to Persia
โข 1295 The Poloโs return to Venice
โข 1298 Genoa defeats Venice takes 7,000
prisoners including Marco
โข 1298 In prison wrote his book.
โข 1299 Marco released from prison
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8. Timeline Of Marco Poloโs Life
โข 1300 Marries women named Donata
โข 1323 Becomes sick
โข 1324 Dies in Venice
11. Marco Poloโs Death
โข Usually in bed because of his sickness in 1323
โข Died in Venice aged 70
โข Died in the year 1324
โข Resting place is in Church called San Lorenzo
โข When he was about to die he said โI have not
told half of what I saw.โ
13. Successes and Defeats
Successes Defeats
โข Well Educated in Trading โข Dad gone for most of
โข 1269-Father returns from Childhood
Journey โข Mother died when 13 years
โข 1271-Leaves for China old
โข 1295-Returns from China โข 1298-Marco becomes
โข 1298-Starts to write his Imprisoned
book โข 1323-Becomes Sick
โข 1299-Relaesed from prison โข 1324-Dies In Venice
โข 1300-Gets Married
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15. Marco Today?
โข Most historians think his book is true
โข Some people still think it is all fake
โข Some people only think he got to Persia.
โข People think that he didnโt go to China
because he doesn't mention tea drinking,
Chinese writing, and the Great Wall of China.