Network premiere . World History in Faces: Marco Polo . No Christian or Gentile, no Saracen or Tatar, no man of any generation has seen or sought so many miracles in the world as Messr. Marco Polo?(From the book "Million?), In the Middle Ages, Europeans knew almost nothing about the countries of the East The knowledge of the Italians - the most knowledgeable people at that time - was limited to the areas of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. In the 14th century, the possessions of Arabs, Turks and Horde . extended there. The existence of the Mongols was known thanks to the devastating conquests they made in Eastern and Central Europe in the 1230s and 1240s. India and the countries of the Far East, especially Japan and Indochina, were covered for Europeans with the darkness of the unknown. The veil over it was lifted by the Venetian merchant Marco Polo (1254-1324), who managed to get to China, live there for 15 years and return to his homeland. But most importantly, did he talk about his journey in The Book of the World’s Diversity? Written originally in the Veneto dialect of the Italian language, the book will soon be known as "Million?" - by nickname, which had the entire Polo family. Although , What else today is Marco Polo's book perceived as a description of "miracles"?, She was actually one of the first examples of scientific prose. - or, In the words of , Is it a good book? , which could give the reader accurate and detailed information about geography, Economics , the manners and behavior of almost completely unknown peoples . Translated into European languages, this book had a significant impact on navigators, cartographers, writers of the XIV-XVI centuries. Recommended literature: . Vern. The General History of Great Travels and Great Travelers (iso), J. Vern. The Story of the Great Journey . Book 1. Discovery of the Earth (pdf, djvu), P. Hennig . Unknown Lands . Volume 3. Other issues of the 100 series that changed the course of history? on the site: Issue 001. Leonardo da Vinci . Issue 002. Peter the First . Issue 003. Einstein . Issue 004. Alexander the Great . Issue 005. Shakespeare. Issue 006. Gandhi . Issue 007. Chaplin. Issue 008. Mozart . Issue 009. Galileo . Issue 010. Kennedy . Issue 011. Charles Darwin . Issue 012. Archimedes . Issue 013. Sigmund Freud . Issue 014. Thomas Edison . Issue 015. Che Guevara . Issue 016. Yuri Gagarin . Issue 017. Vincent Van Gogh