Marco
Polo
____________________
a
merchant
and
explorer
who
____________________
throughout
the
Far
East
and
China
for
much
of
his
life
.
He
____________________
from
1254
to
1324
.
He
was
born
in
Venice
,
Italy
in
1254
.
Venice
was
a
wealthy
trading
city
and
Marco's
father
was
a
merchant
.
The
Silk
Road
referred
to
a
number
of
trade
routes
between
major
cities
and
trading
posts
that
____________________
all
the
way
from
Eastern
Europe
to
Northern
China
.
It
was
____________________
the
Silk
Road
because
silk
cloth
was
the
major
export
from
China
.
It
____________________
Marco
Polo
three
years
to
get
to
China
.
Along
the
way
he
____________________
many
great
cities
and
____________________
many
sites
.
He
____________________
a
lot
of
different
types
of
people
and
____________________
many
adventures
.
Marco
lived
in
China
for
many
years
and
____________________
to
speak
the
language
.
