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Qian was an early explorer from China.


IIc exploredmany other parts of Asia more than
Earlypeopletraveledaroundto lookfor food,but 2,100 yearsago.Other peoplefollowed his route to
theyweren'texptorers.
Explorersgo fromtheirhome trade silk from Asia with things from Europe. The
landto discoversomething
aboutanotherplace,and route that he took is now called the Silk Road.
thentheycomebackandte[[ peoptewhattheyfound. Marco Polo was an explorer fromVenice, now in Italy.
In 1271,he traveledfrom Europe to China.When he
returned to Italy 24 yearslater, he told people about
Peoplehave lived in most parrs of the world for inventions like paper, money, pasta,and ice cream.
thousandsof years.Scientiststhink that early people From about 1325 a Moroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta,
started in Africa and traveledto Asia. By about explored North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
401000yearsago,there were people in almost He traveled120.000kilometers.
every part of Africa, Asia,
and Europe. By about IBCTI E O CTAN
North
15,000yearsago they
moved into America. ,l .,,". West fast

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