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The 21 pages that link to Marco Polo, each with the reason it gives.

• Silk RoadRelated: The most famous account of travel along the route, accurate enough to be debated for centuries.

• Yuan dynastyRelated: His narrative became a famous, though debated, account of life under Kublai.

• Kublai KhanRelated: His account became a lasting source for portrayals of Kublai’s court.

• HangzhouRelated: His account helped circulate descriptions of Hangzhou’s wealth in Europe.

• Travel writingRelated: His widely circulated narrative helped shape European ideas about distant places.

• Nizari Ismaili stateRelated: His account contributed to later legends about Nizari practices and leadership.

• QuanzhouRelated: His account helped circulate reports of Quanzhou’s wealth and maritime activity.

• MongolsRelated: His narrative became a prominent European account of societies under Mongol power.

• The Travels of Marco PoloRelated: His experiences and recollections supply the account’s first-person narrative.

• Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan IRelated: His account is often used to understand the wealth and overseas trade of the later Pandya realm.

• PiñataRelated: A popular historical account connects his travels with the transfer of Chinese figure-breaking customs to Europe.

• Giovanni da Pian del CarpineRelated: Polo’s later narrative extended European knowledge of Mongol-ruled Asia by a different route.

• Order of AssassinsRelated: His account popularized the tale of drugged followers and a secret garden.

• Rashid ad-Din SinanRelated: His account helped popularize later European legends about the Nizari Ismailis.

• William DalrympleRelated: Dalrymple retraced part of Polo’s route in his first book.