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Marco Polo (/ ˈ m ɑːr k oʊ ˈ p oʊ l oʊ / ⓘ; Venetian: [ˈmaɾko ˈpolo]; Italian: [ˈmarko ˈpɔːlo] ⓘ; c. 1254 – 8 January 1324) [1] was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.
Niccolò and Maffeo Polo remitting a letter from Kublai Khan to Pope Gregory X in 1271. Niccolò, Maffeo and Marco Polo at the court of Kublai Khan, painting by Tranquillo Cremona, 1863. As soon as he was elected in 1271, Pope Gregory X (the former Teobaldo Visconti) received the letter from Kublai Khan, remitted by Niccolò and Maffeo. Kublai ...
Polo is an Italian and Spanish surname, the most well known bearing the name being Italian trader and explorer Marco Polo (1254–1324). Other notable people with the surname include: Other notable people with the surname include:
A Venetian patrician, she was the second daughter of Marco Polo and Donata Badoer. After the death of her father, Fantina was forced to hand over the management of all her assets to her husband Marco Bragadin (whom she married in 1318), [1] even those entrusted to her directly and excluded from her dowry. Although Bragadin himself promised to ...
Marco Polo is an American drama television series inspired by Marco Polo's early years in the court of Kublai Khan, the Khagan of the Mongol Empire and the founder of the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). The show premiered on Netflix on December 12, 2014. [ 3 ]
Western travelers used Trebizond as their starting point for journeys into Asia; these travelers included Marco Polo, who returned to Europe in 1295 by way of Trebizond. The troubled reign of Manuel's youngest son John II (1280–1297) included a reconciliation with the restored Byzantine Empire and the end of Trapezuntine claims to Constantinople.
Marco Polo, who visited India probably sometime around 1289–1293, made note of Rudrama Devi's rule and nature in flattering terms. [ 66 ] [ e ] She continued the planned fortification of the capital, raising the height of Ganapati's wall as well as adding a second earthen curtain wall 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in diameter and with an additional 150 ...
Bhairava, son of Maila of Sinda family, was a vassal of Rudrama. According to the Bidar inscription, he assisted the queen in her successful military campaigns in Vengi, Dravila, and the Seuna kingdom. [51] Sura, a chief (samanta) of the Viriyala family, served the queen as a military commander (senadhipati) in the northern region. [51]