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EPISODE · Aug 14, 2026 · 1H 30M

Did Marco Polo Really Spend Seventeen Years in China? | Sleep History | Human Voice

from Michaels Sleep Stories · host Michael Ashtiany

Marco Polo claimed to have spent seventeen years inside the court of the most powerful ruler in the world, travelling across China and the Mongol Empire on missions for Kublai Khan himself. It's one of history's most famous travel stories, and for centuries, serious historians have genuinely argued about whether any of it actually happened.Tonights Sleep History Story is of Marco Polo's journey along the Silk Road, his years inside Kublai Khan's court at Xanadu, the strange and wonderful things he claimed to have witnessed and the return journey that ended with him dictating his account to a cellmate in a Genoese prison.Human Narration is by myself Michael and is delivered in a relaxing, friendly way to help you drift off over some ambient rain soundHope you enjoy itMichaelTime StampsIntro 00:00:00Story Starts 00:01:14Ambient Rain 00:29:00

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