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The Italian explorer Marco Polo brought back glowing reviews of Mongol rule in China. Why should we believe those accounts?
Marco Polo was paid by the Khan to make him look good to rulers in Western Europe.
Marco Polo had described Genghis Khan as a torturer and was glad to see that the grandson was different.
As neither Mongol nor Chinese, Marco Polo could observe and report on Kublia's empire without bias.
Marco Polo was able to unite the Chinese and Mongol people with his kind words about Kublai Khan.
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Answer: As neither Mongol nor Chinese, Marco Polo could observe and report on Kublai's empire without bias.
Explanation: Polo was a European outsider who spent many years at Kublai Khan’s court and travelled widely in the Yuan realm, giving him access and perspective different from native chroniclers. That relative impartiality (plus corroboration of many details by other sources and archaeology) is why historians treat his reports as valuable—while still weighing them critically for possible exaggeration or error.
Explanation: Polo was a European outsider who spent many years at Kublai Khan’s court and travelled widely in the Yuan realm, giving him access and perspective different from native chroniclers. That relative impartiality (plus corroboration of many details by other sources and archaeology) is why historians treat his reports as valuable—while still weighing them critically for possible exaggeration or error.
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