Texts Like Marco Polo's Description of the World

question 46

Multiple Choice

Texts like Marco Polo's Description of the World:

• A) were entirely factual.
• B) were fictional.
• C) were in no way helpful to merchants traveling to the East.
• D) were not religious texts and so were not read.
• E) were a mix of fact and fiction.

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Mutually Beneficial

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Terms of Trade

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Production Possibilities

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