Kublai Khan (1215-1294), also known as "the last of the Great Khans", was a medieval Mongol conqueror and is considered to be one of the greatest Mongolian emperors. Success was in his bloodline as he was the grandson of the famous Genghis Khan who was the founder and “Great Khan,” or emperor, of the Mongol Empire, an empire that became the largest contiguous empire throughout all of history. Kublai Khan was the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, and he founded the Yuan Dynasty in China. His
accounts to Kublai Khan, the reader views each city as an entity of its own. Small anecdotes from Kublai Khan insist that he views the individual experiences as small fragments of one, singular city. Kublai Khan’s reinterpretation of Marco Polo’s experiences change the meaning behind Marco Polo’s experiences whether they be from multiple cities or an implicit city divided up into many moments. The reader’s perspective on Marco Polo’s stories changes with a second look by Kublai Khan, a revised point
at a young age. Marco’s father, Niccolo and uncle, Maffeo Polo had been partaking in a long trading expedition across Asia during a majority of Marco’s childhood. Niccolo and Maffeo’s travels brought them to Asia, where they were introduced to Kublai Khan, a powerful Mongol leader. Inspired by the realm of the Mongol empire and Khan’s interest in Christianity, the two Polo brothers set out on another journey, this time accompanied by the young Polo. This journey included visiting regions of the
versa. He traversed throughout Asia from 1271 to 1295 CE, and his travels along the Silk Road eventually guided him to the territory of the Yuan Dynasty (Mongols), who were under the reign of Kublai Khan at the entry of Polo. Polo arrived in Beijing, which was then known as Cambaluc, translated as “city of the Khan” (Boorstin). Polo was surrounded by pristine ideas and products unheard of in the West. Thus, Marco Polo’s travel to Cambaluc introduced new intellectual products in Europe, including paper
Marco Polo and His Exploration across Asia Before Marco Polo died, a priest came up to his deathbed, asking him if he would like to admit that his stories were false. It is famously said that Marco Polo responded with the words, "I have not told half of what I saw.” As an internationally famous merchant, voyager, and storyteller, Marco Polo and his travel accounts on Asia made an instant impression on medieval Europe by providing them with ideas, influences, and images of the little-known Far East
inspired by the travel diary, ‘The Travels of Marco Polo’ that documented all of the voyagers’ discoveries that followed his journey throughout Asia within Yuan Dynasty China. The book revolves around Marco Polo and that era’s Emperor of China, Kublai Khan who actively seeks Polo out, to present to him the foundations of cities that he may rule over. The traveller responds through
goals and more. The goal of the journey was to deliver holy oil to the Emperor of China, Kublai Kahn, and it was delivered successfully (Baker 452-453). This goal having been completed, if Marco Polo had then returned to Italy his mission would have been considered a success. Yet Polo went beyond his initial goal of delivering the holy oil. He became a member of the Chinese government as an ambassador of Kublai Kahn’s and educated him on Western advancements (Baker 454; Terkla 166). By having such
most famous western traveler to travel to China during the time of the Khan. In China, he worked under Qubilai Khan for many years and wrote about his experience upon his return to Europe. Polo’s travels and writings were crucial for the time period. During and after his work under Khan, there was an increase in connection between Europe and China, from the Mongol Empire. Marco Polo discoveries and relationship with Qubliai Khan help establish the importance of sedentary civilization and the link between
How does Lean use the wells in Lawrence of Arabia to reflect his interpretation of Arab culture? The historical drama, Lawrence of Arabia, is a reflection of one man’s interpretation of Arab culture during World War I. In Lawrence of Arabia, the director, David Lean, shows the journey of T.E. Lawrence and how he helped defeat the Turkish forces. He uses imagery and specific scenes to convey this idea of British superiority throughout the movie. The direct and indirect use of wells in the
Westerner who ever traveled on the Silk Road. He excelled all the other travelers in his determination, his writing, and his influence. His journey through Asia lasted 24 years with the help of his father, Niccolò and Maffeo. He became a confidant of Kublai Khan, and traveled the whole of China and returned to tell the tale, which became the greatest travelogue. Marco Polo was a great explorer, who wrote a book written about his travels which gave Europeans some of their earliest information about China
try to return to Venice,” the Polo brothers left Constantinople and fled to Crimea. Eventually, they ended up in the city of Beijing, the new capital of the Mongol Empire. The court of the Great Kublai Khan welcomed the Polos and allowed them to stay in Beijing for a year. After some time, Kublai Khan requested that the Polo brothers bring him holy oil from the pope. While the Polo brothers made their first visit to the Far East, the young Marco Polo rem... ... middle of paper ... ...avelogue
Marco Polo and His Courageous Journey to China Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice, Italy. Venice was the center of commerce in the Mediterranean Sea, where the Polos had lived for a very long time since Marco was just a little boy. The Polo family was full of great nobles, but yet the family was not complete. When Marco Polo was young, his mother had passed away, and his father and uncle became successful jewel merchants, who had lived in Asia for almost all of his childhood. Because of the many
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “Kubla Khan” is a masterpiece of ambiguity; from its inception to its meaning. “Kubla Khan” is a poem of abundant literary devices; most notably these devices include metaphors, allusions, internal rhyme, anthropomorphism, simile, alliteration, and perhaps most of all structure. But the devices that Coleridge used to create “Kubla Khan” is at the very least what makes this poem provocative; Coleridge’s opium induced vision and utopian ideals combined with his literary
he was raised by extended family. His father and uncle were merchants who traveled a lot, and his mother died when he was six years old. In 1262, Marco’s father and uncle made an unforgettable journey to Kaifeng, China to meet Kublai Khan, who is the grandson of Genghis Khan. While they were in China, Kubali expressed a great interest in Christianity. He wanted Marco’s father and uncle to bring one hundred priests and holy water with them when they returned back to China. In 1269, the men returned
impacting, that upon their return to Venice their own people could not even recognize them. The Polos returned from the east, “Back from the Deserts of Persia, back from the lofty steeps of Pamir, from mysterious Tibet, from the dazzling court of Kublai Khan, from China, Mongolia, Burma, Siam, Sumatra, Java; back from the Ceylon, and back from India, the land of myth and marvels” (Polo lV). Marco was exposed to whole other cultures and things that had never been seen before by his own people. At the
knew he had (History.com). Marco’s father and his uncle journeyed in China where they joined a diplomatic to the court of Kublai Khan the Mongol leader whose grandfather Genghis Khan, had conquered Northwest Asia (Marco Polo). Khan had expressed his interest in Christianity and asked the Polo brothers to visit again with 100 priests and a collection of holy water (History.com). Khans Empire, the largest the world has ever seen, was large to those living within the borders of the Holy Roman Empire (Marco
Marco Polo Research Paper Marco Polo is inarguably one of the most famous Venice travelers and merchants in the 13th century in Europe. Driven by his curiosity, Marco Polo headed to the east to find the truth about the east for the Europeans. He wrote the famous book, a relatively comprehensive introduction of his trip to Asia, The Travels of Marco Polo despite some argument still struggles about whether Marco Polo had been to China because of some small details and over-exaggerated stories. In
Samuel Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan is a supremely beautiful example of the Romantic belief regarding creative thought and the creative process. It is a whimsical peek at the nature of the unconsicious and at the art of inspiration and holding on to imagination that has captivated many for its musical and lyrical nature. Although deemed largely unfinished and incomplete by some scholars and by the author himself, Kubla Khan has held its ground as a literary masterpiece of its time for its impeccable
Marco Polo began his travels in 1271 with his father and uncle from Venice on a journey east. What was it that made Polo such a known and remembered traveler? Was it because he worked alongside Kublai Klan for 17 years, or because the stories that he brought back after his years of travel? He traveled for 24 years throughout Asia, beginning alongside his father and sometimes traveling alone. Polo had a tough early childhood but the rest of his travels made up for his loss of his mother at an
was an Italian citizen born into a wealthy Venetian merchant family. His most significant travel experience came in 1271, when he set out with his father Nicolo and his uncle Maffeo on a journey to the court of the Mongol Emperor of China, Kubilai Khan. Polo returned only twenty four years later to his homeland of Venice. On the other hand, Ibn Battuta was a jurist from Morocco who left his native city- Tangier, in 1325, for a journey to the East that would cover a total of seventy-five thousand