What, exactly, is the silk road, and who is Marco Polo?

I have a homework assignment, and all the articles I find are too in-depth for me to comprehend. Can someone give me a brief description of Marco Polo and the Silk Road?|||the silk road was a trade route from China to Europe, Marco Polo was a merchant who travelled to China from Italy via the silk road. more information can be found by using a search engine and the internet.|||The silk road was a series of routes covering more than 4,000 miles in Ancient China. It began in northern China and went west along the Great Wall of China. It was a great trade route for the ancient Chinese.





Marco Polo (1254-1324), is probably the most famous Westerner traveled on the Silk Road. He excelled all the other travelers in his determination, his writing, and his influence. His journey through Asia lasted 24 years. He reached further than any of his predecessors, beyond Mongolia to China. He became a confidant of Kublai Khan (1214-1294). He traveled the whole of China and returned to tell the tale, which became the greatest travelogue.|||The Silk Road was a series of interconnecting ancient trade routes between Asia and Europe. Silk was the primary export of Asia back then - hence the catchy name.





Marco Polo was an explorer from Venice, the first European to travel and document the Silk Road.|||The Silk Road is the ancient trade route that Marco Polo followed to China as one of the very first Europeans to go there. He lived in the royal Chinese court for a number of years. He is considered by some to be the inventor of spaghetti as he brought noodles back from China.|||i cant say much of mp but i know he was a famous adventurer the silk road was the road from china to Rome. one day a soldier was sent out to establish alliances he accidentally established a route by traveling around a lot it is called the silk road because china traded silk for glass from Rome that is all i can remember off the top of my head hope it helps|||Marco Polo was an Italian that traveled to the far east. When he returned his path became known as the silk road. It was a land path from the middle east to the far east of china and India. This path became the way that silk and spices came to Europe.|||the silk road was the road that people traveled along to trade goods in china. marco polo was the italian guy that traveled to china and gathered information about them. that's how italians learned how to make noodles.|||Marco Polo was the first European to travel on the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a trade route from China to India, i think. i just learned abt it a year ago %26amp;i already forgot ! [: