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The Polos of Venice would have strained to understand the dialect spoken elsewhere in the area by the inhabitants of Padua, Treviso, or Verona. #prodDetails .prodDetTable{table-layout:fixed;border-spacing:0;padding:0}#prodDetails .prodDetLabel{background-color:#F5F5F5;width:35%;color:#666;vertical-align:top}#prodDetails .prodDetSectionEntry{width:50%!important;white-space:normal;word-wrap:break-word}#prodDetails .prodDet-expander-header{float:right}#prodDetails .prodDet-summaryText-visible{display:none}#prodDetails .prodDet-heading-alignment{float:left}.uilm-section img{display:block;margin:0 auto;min-width:650px}#medslogo_header_web{padding-bottom:0;color:#C60;font-size:medium;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif}.burj-body #medslogo_header_web{color:#333;font-weight:400;padding-bottom:0;font-size:21px;font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif}#mllStaticLearnMore{padding-left:14px}#mll-tab-divider{padding-top:30px}#medsLegalLogo_feature_div{margin-bottom:14px!important}#energyEfficiencyLabel{display:inline-block;width:50px;height:23px}.energyEfficiencyArrow{position:relative;width:36px;height:22px;margin-right:22px;color:#FFF;text-align:center;line-height:22px;font-size:15px}.energyEfficiencyArrow:after{content:"";position:absolute;left:100%;top:0;width:0;height:0;border-top:11px solid transparent;border-left-width:10px;border-left-style:solid;border-bottom:11px solid transparent}.energyEfficiencySymbol{position:relative;top:-2px}.energyEfficiencyTextPlacement{position:relative;left:2px}.technicalData .h3color,.technicalData font,.technicalData ul{color:#333!important}.technicalData b,.technicalData strong{font-weight:400!important}#dealprice_shippingmessage i.a-icon.a-icon-popover,#ourprice_shippingmessage i.a-icon.a-icon-popover,#saleprice_shippingmessage i.a-icon.a-icon-popover,.buyboxShippingLabel i.a-icon.a-icon-popover{display:none!important} I did not know the role that Marco Polo’s book played in the life of explorer Christopher Columbus. 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In the Age of Faith, science consisted largely but not entirely of spurious pursuits such as alchemyâthe effort to transmute so-called base metals into goldâand astrology, which went hand in hand with astronomy. Please use a different way to share. . Very strange customs that people had. . By the time they were released in 1299, a book was completed, and Marco Polo soon became a household name. "By virtually confining the Venetians to so restricted a space," says the historian John Julius Norwich, "it had created in them a unique spirit of cohesion and cooperation . The narrow streets and passageways, some barely shoulder-width, took bewildering twists and turns until, without warning, they opened to the broad expanse of the Grand Canal, which divided one-half of the city from the other before running into the lagoon and, beyond that, the expanses of the Adriatic Sea. [18] Latham believed that many elements of the book, such as legends of the Middle East and mentions of exotic marvels, may have been the work of Rustichello who was giving what medieval European readers expected to find in a travel book. 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[20] I've read the author's other work and I appreciate that he is clear which portions are well-supported and which are speculative. Marco Polo: what would you ask– I love the idea of letting kids “ask” a historical figure questions. (window.AmazonUIPageJS ? To extend their reach, Venetians formed partnerships with distant governments and merchants that cut across racial and religious divisions. It nourishes but doesn't delight. Now, however, research by Hans Ulrich Vogel of Germanys Tubingen University might help restore Marco Polos integrity. The lagoon and swamps protected Venice from invaders by land or by sea. In winter, the city hosted Carnival (literally, the playful "bidding farewell to meat" before Lent). [56], Many of the details in Polo's accounts have been verified. It's captivating to read Polo's own words in his descriptions of Asia, particularly China, and his service to the great Kublai Khan. 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