Marco Polo: Venetian traveler whose accounts of Mongol China stimulated European interest in Asian trade.
How to apply it: Use Marco Polo to discuss European perceptions of East Asian wealth and the desire for direct trade access.
Course: AP World History · Unit: Networks of Exchange
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