The Polo family traded with the Middle East which led them to prosperity and fame. Call it fate or an innate urge, traveling was a blessing in disguise because it gave them recognition and riches.
1254 – Marco Polo is born (the date is a Supposition).
1260 – The Polo’s left Constantinople for the Volga river. Berke Khan, sovereign of the western territories in the Mongol Empire held court at Sarai. The Polo’s had cordial relations with Berke Khan. So, they settled with him for sometime thus, doubling their assets.
1265 – After their stay at Sarai for a couple of years, they wanted to return back to Venice but political upheavals made them move eastward to Bukhara (Bokhara). After four years, they reached Shang-tu, the residence of the grand Khan. |
