[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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