Marco Polo a Mondern Journey - 影像中国 (1/3)
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Marco Polo left Venice for Chinese. Venice is a commercial world, which was dominated by merchants. Everyone was connected with business and the church was no exception. People there invested heavily in business activities and overseas trade was encouraged. Marco Polo did so and recorded his travels in great detail. At that time, Europe was in chaos and the Mongols swept across Europe before his birth, and the Middle Eastexperienced hundred years of Crusade and was in a bad shape economically then.
Marco Polo left Venice for Chinese. Venice is a commercial world, which was dominated by merchants. Everyone was connected with business and the church was no exception. People there invested heavily in business activities and overseas trade was encouraged. Marco Polo did so and recorded his travels in great detail. At that time, Europe was in chaos and the Mongols swept across Europe before his birth, and the Middle Eastexperienced hundred years of Crusade and was in a bad shape economically then.