Today, 700 years after his death, Marco Polo remains a household name. But who was the Italian traveler who chronicled his Silk Road journey to China's Mongol Empire — and why has his legacy ...

and the series explores how he navigates the Mongol Empire. Marco Polo does a good job portraying the power struggles within the Empire, especially Kublai Khan's ambition to expand it while trying ...

Artisans got grants of food and did not have to do corvee. Marco Polo was very impressed with trade on the Yangtze. The Mongols used the Grand Canal to transport grain to the capital. Kublai Khan ...