The Venetian merchant and traveler, Marco Polo, recorded one version of the event. Polo, who traveled through the Mongol Empire in the late 13th century and met Genghis’ grandson Kublai Khan ...

When Marco Polo wrote about Kublai Khan in his Travels ... Kublai Khan was the grandson of the legendary Genghis Khan. With such a lineage, one might think that conquest was his only ambition.

Greg Jenner is joined in 13th-century Venice by Professor Sharon Kinoshita and comedian Ria Lina to learn all about medieval traveller Marco Polo and his adventures in China.