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Based on what you know about travelogues and Marco Polo’s life, what is the best prediction for the purpose of Marco Polo’s writing?

He wanted to persuade others to make the same journey to Asia.

He wanted to entertain readers with fictional tales based on his travels.

He wanted to inform readers about what he saw and learned on his journey.

He wanted to keep a careful record to map the lands between Italy and China.

What is most likely the author’s purpose for writing this passage?

to record details to create a map of his travels

to entertain readers with a story of traveling to Baghdad

to inform readers by describing the river and cities on the route

to persuade readers to travel to the cities of Basra and Baghdad

Which detail from the passage demonstrates a subjective perspective?

“Through the midst of the city [Baghdad] flows a very large river”

“from Baghdad to the sea is a journey of fully eighteen days”

“Merchants travelling to India follow this river to a city called Kais”

“in groves all around Basra grow the best dates in the world”

Read the passage and study the map. Where on the map would you most likely find the spring from which the oil gushes?

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