Tag: Maffio Polo

• 087 – Marco Polo part 2

  Marco Polo finally leaves on his great voyage which will take him to the ends of the known earth to meet a whole series of different cultures to then come back to Venice and live though one of the republic’s most dangerous moments

  A History of Italy

  May 8, 2020

  Andrea Dandalo, China, Constantinople, Curzola, Genoa, Kublai Khan, Lamba Doria, Maffio Polo, Marco Polo, Matteo Polo, Meloria, Mongol, Nicolò Polo, Oberio Doria, Pisa, Podcast, Rabban Sauma

• 086 – Marco Polo part 1

  In this first episode on the 13th century explorer Marco Polo we look at some background on Venice at his time and his family as well as introducing the figure of the Great Khan Kublai.

  A History of Italy

  April 30, 2020

  Assasins, Charles of Anjou, Constantinople, Edward I, Fibonazzi, Genghis Khan, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Golden Horde, Gregory X, Hashishin, Innocent IV, Lorenzo Fibonacci, Maffio Polo, Marco Polo, Matteo Polo, Micael Paleologus, Mongol, Nicolò Polo, Podcast, Sudak, Tartars, Venice