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Did Marco Polo benefit from the Mongol's protection of the Silk Road to travel from Europe to Asia?

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Marco Polo was an Italian merchant born in 1254 C.E. who traveled with his father further east than most Europeans had ever gone. The goals of this journey were to spread Christianity to the ruling class of China and to establish trade relations with the new Yuan dynasty. so yes he did reach his goal

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