Since I started reading The Seven Voyages of Sinbad, I chose
to start my Wikipedia Trail with Sinbad the Sailor. My favorite part of the story was when
Sinbad hid on the claw of a giant bird called a roc to escape from being eaten.
Therefore, my next page I clicked on was the roc, or giant mythical bird. One
thing I learned was that it was actually included in the Ramayana and the
Mahabharata. I read these in Epics of India so I am glad to see a connection in
these readings. When I scrolled down to the bottom I saw the Marco Polo once
accounted for seeing a large island that possessed such birds. I read about the
life of Marco Polo because although I know the name, I do not know much about his
travels. They went on an epic 24 year journey only to return and realize Venice
was at war. When he was imprisoned, he told of his tales and that is how he
became famous. When reading about other travels, I noticed that he met with
Kublai Khan, the grandson of the famous Genghis Khan. Kublai was responsible for
creating the Yuan dynasty during the late 1200s. This dynasty ruled over much
of Asia until the middle of the 1300s.
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