The Return of Marco Polo’s WorldAuthor: Robert D. Kaplan Language: English Binding: Hardback Publisher: Random House USA Imprint: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pages: 304 In the late thirteenth century, Marco Polo began a decades long trek from Venice to China. The strength of that Silk Roadthe trade route between Europe and Asiawas a foundation of Kublai Khan's sprawling empire. Now, in the early twenty first century, the Chinese regime has proposed a land and maritime Silk Road