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Marco Polo's Trek

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The trade of culture, goods, and ideas between the East and West built not only each land 's respective advancement in technology and as a society, but also the world as a whole. Marco Polo 's trek was a monumental stepping stone to the progression of the industrial eras and national growth of many nations around the world, both inside and outside of Europe and
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