Marco Polo, whose name is more or less strange in Vietnam, in fact the story of the relationships he witnessed as a traveler in spaces nearly eight centuries ago can suggest new lessons for them. me. The book ‘Marco Polo – From Venice to Shanghai’ by Laurence Bergreen, released by Omega + Book Company, provides readers with these trade stories.
Trade, globalization, the silk road in the 13th century in the book “Marco Polo – From Venice to Shanghai” can be said to have connected with trade, globalization, the silk road of today.
Marco Polo is considered the first European to make a journey across Asia, bridging the bridge between Western civilization and the Middle East in the Middle Ages. Depart from Venice to Shanghai a thousand miles away, along the treacherous Silk Road, and to the court of Kublai Khan – grandson of Genghis Khan, where he won the trust of one of the most feared and powerful leader in the world at that time. 
A fascinating biography about Marco Polo has just been released to readers in Vietnam Polo introduced China’s cultural wealth to Europe, sparking the West’s centuries-old fascination with Asia. His journey has marked as a legendary journey that few astronauts in history have matched, in terms of its impact on the minds of both contemporaries and posterity. Author Laurence Bergreen (b. 1950) – an American historian who followed Marco Polo to his hometown – Venice, and throughout China, visits the places that Marco Polo has described, including Beijing in the east, Hangzhou to the south and Kunming to the west. The author also visited Shanghai, Taiwan to track down the theories and relics that Polo left behind. Visit Mongolia in particular and live in a simple round tent to experience Asia and the mysteries of Mongolia like Marco Polo did. The author also relied significantly on Marco Polo resources in English, French, Italian, Persian, Latin, Mandarin and Mongolian … to write this work to explore the controversies. stretches around the legend of Polo and long-standing questions that have not been answered. In a lively blend of history, biography and travel, author Laurence Bergreen separates legend from history, narrative and writes with a keen eye to detail to create a document that is most relevant. about Polo’s adventures. “Marco Polo – From Venice to Shanghai” is as fascinating as the life it describes. According to author Laurence Bergreen, today there are more Marco Polo ever. With this film biography, he is talking about global entrepreneurs who pioneered East-West trade promotion. Like Marco in the past, they discovered that trade is a common language that can cross all religious, political and geographical boundaries. The author also said that with Marco Polo’s life more or less “fictional”, this traveler still made him go from surprise to surprise. The first is how to apply his observations to today’s world, to international trade, to diplomacy, global conflict and the weakening and demise of political systems, and finance. Another aspect is how Marco Polo is classified. Marco Polo has always been considered a typical medieval explorer, but the medieval period in which he grew up was extremely prosperous and dynamic. It is not a rigid stage where everything becomes one. Venice is one of the most developed regions in Western Europe. Just being born there gave him the advantages of the times. Despite a medieval mindset, Marco aimed to go beyond the limits and challenge the mainstream. “By today’s standards you have done many things beyond common sense. Although he does not say clearly, but he sees man as the measure of everything, so in my eyes he looks more like a person from the Renaissance “- author Laurence Bergreen wrote.
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