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En 1974, des paysans chinois qui creusent un puits près de la ville de Xi’an font une découverte extraordinaire. Sous leurs pieds repose une immense armée composée de milliers de soldats en terre cuite, grandeur nature, alignés comme s’ils attendaient le début d’une bataille.Cett ... Show More

Au XVIIe siècle, les canons de l'armée française portaient une inscription aussi mystérieuse que menaçante : Ultima ratio regum. Quatre mots latins qui signifient « Le dernier argument des rois ». Mais pourquoi Louis XIV avait-il choisi de faire graver cette formule sur ses armes ... Show More

À Londres, dans les années 1920, un homme d’Église trouve un moyen inattendu de devenir riche : demander de l’argent pour les pauvres. Son nom : Harry Clapham. Et son histoire va finir devant la justice britannique.En 1925, Clapham devient vicaire de l’église Saint-Thomas, dans l ... Show More

Dans cet épisode de Crousti-History, on vous parle de Marco Polo ! Non, ce n’est pas lui qui a inventé le jeu équestre, ce n’est pas la bonne histoire…Marco vient de Venise, d’une famille de négociants assez blindée. Son père et son oncle sont très branchés voyage et décident de ... Show More

<p>You may have heard the many myths about the life and exploits of Marco Polo- was he really the one who brought ice cream and spaghetti from his travels on the Silk Road from the court of Kublai Khan, where he served as a diplomat? Almost as soon as he wrote his memoir, people ... Show More

Much more than just a pool game, this Venetian merchant traveler adventured through China and the Mongolian Empire. Though his memoirs may have been heavily embellished, the book gave those who came after Marco Polo a broad picture of 13th century culture, led to advances in cart ... Show More

<p>1259 - 1324 - The story behind the book called <em>The Travels of Marco Polo</em>, including who the Polos were and why they traveled to China, and then what was the legacy of this adventure in history.</p> 

In the thirteenth century, Marco Polo spent decades travelling the world. His adventures took him from his home in Venice as far east as the Yellow Sea, where he was a valued courtier of the legendary Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. Later, in prison, he wrote the world’s first travel ... Show More

<p>One of history’s great adventurers, Marco Polo’s accounts of his travels - dictated while in prison - were exceptionally widely read, introducing Europeans to the then-mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the&nbsp;M ... Show More

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we follow in the footsteps of one of the greatest explorers of all time: Marco Polo. Join us as we dive into the adventures of this brave traveler who enriched the world with his explorations and accounts of distant lands. https://pa ... Show More

<p>As one of history's most well-known globetrotters, Marco Polo is credited with many important contributions to Western civilization. Many believe pasta is one of these contributions -- but is it a myth? Learn more in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.</p><p> </p> Learn more ... Show More

Marco Polo finally leaves on his great voyage which will take him to the ends of the known earth to meet a whole series of different cultures to then come back to Venice and live though one of the republic's most dangerous moments