[00:01.56]Marco, in turn, was amazed by how beautiful

[00:05.54]and powerful China was.

[00:07.00]He was very impressed

[00:08.41]by Beijing and the Emperor's Palace,

[00:11.21]especially the Summer Palace

[00:12.95]which he described as "The greatest palace

[00:15.35]that ever was...

[00:17.71]The walls were covered in gold

[00:19.67]and silver and the Hall was so large

[00:21.93]it could easily seat 6,000 people for dinner."

[00:26.77]There were invertions and developments

[00:28.44]in China which were not available in Europe

[00:30.79]at that time.

[00:32.37]Marco was surprised to see Chinese people

[00:35.04]using paper money in the markets.

[00:38.21]In Europe, people paid for goods

[00:40.15]with gold or silver.

[00:42.30]He could not understand

[00:43.90]how people could pay for food

[00:45.79]and valuable things with paper!

[00:48.83]He was also confused by the black stones people

[00:51.23]used to burn for fuel.

[00:53.80]The black stones were coal,

[00:55.24]but Marco had never see coal before!

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