Encounters
The Polo brothers join an embassy sent by Hulagu Khan, ruler of the Ilkhanate Empire in
present-day Iran, Iraq and most of the former Soviet republics, to his brother Kublai Khan, ruler
of the Mongol Empire in present-day Mongolia, North China and much of Western China. The
Polo brothers arrived at Kublai khan’s court and sends them back to Venice for people to teach
him Christianity.
Marco Polo encountered many things on his journey across the silk road. He went to jail and wrote a book about his journeys during there.Polo saw many animals he misunderstood as mystical creatures. While in Asia, he encountered their advanced technology and described it.
present-day Iran, Iraq and most of the former Soviet republics, to his brother Kublai Khan, ruler
of the Mongol Empire in present-day Mongolia, North China and much of Western China. The
Polo brothers arrived at Kublai khan’s court and sends them back to Venice for people to teach
him Christianity.
Marco Polo encountered many things on his journey across the silk road. He went to jail and wrote a book about his journeys during there.Polo saw many animals he misunderstood as mystical creatures. While in Asia, he encountered their advanced technology and described it.
