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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
1.
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.
2.
Describe the various ways that Kublai Khan is presented as a larger-than-life personality.
3.
Using at least three examples, compare the lives of Venetians with people whom Marco Polo met on his journeys.
