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Marco PoloThe Travels of Marco Polo
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Explain why people in Marco Polo’s time would have viewed his book with suspicion, and why at least portions of Polo’s narrative continue to be questioned today.
Describe the various ways that Kublai Khan is presented as a larger-than-life personality.
Using at least three examples, compare the lives of Venetians with people whom Marco Polo met on his journeys.
Describe in detail what made the Mongols such a vaunted fighting force.
In the book, Polo describes several instances of rebellions against the Great Khan. Compare two in detail.
Describe some of the various exotic foods and beverages that Marco Polo encountered on his journeys.
Explain how the Great Khan’s paper currency worked, including how it was different from metal currency.
Describe in detail one story of a miracle that Marco Polo relates in his book.
Describe in detail how Marco Polo says that the Great Khan treats people who have suffered misfortune. Include examples of at least two different peoples.
Describe some of the various kinds of exotic animals that Marco Polo includes in his accounts of his travels.
