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Turning point · The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
The Polos sail
1271 — From Acre, a Venetian merchant’s son sets out with his father and uncle across the whole width of this map, on roads one empire keeps safe. Marco Polo returns 24 years later; his book becomes Europe’s window on the East — and the map Columbus annotates.
This is one scene of Chapter 12 — The Long Shadow in The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294.
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