The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told
About 1292, as told, the Polos left China by sea in a mission escorting a princess to the Ilkhanid court. In the causal graph this event strengthens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — a worsening welfare path.
Read the full account
About 1292, as told, the Polos left China by sea in a mission escorting a princess to the Ilkhanid court. Year-level dating is honest. Marco Polo's documented role is: The book has them leave China by sea with a royal bride for the Ilkhan. Persian and Chinese notices of a princess journey are neighbouring files, not his autograph.
Context
Sharing the voyage with Yuan and Ilkhanid courts as the book's named principals is required. The setting of The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told is the public file around 1292-01-01. Driver humanitarian-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Why it matters
Medium confidence. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Marco Polo
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.28 · verified
The book has them leave China by sea with a royal bride for the Ilkhan. Persian and Chinese notices of a princess journey are neighbouring files, not his autograph.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told
- strengthensDriverHumanitarian Access
- strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)
impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 1 January 1292 · verified
A received escort voyage is a route path of medium confidence.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.13 (weight 0.25 × strength 0.5)
Observed
69M people (stock, end-of-year) · 28M above the normal line (2025)
Worse than normal3 readings, 2023–2025: rose from 68M people (stock, end-of-year) to 69M people (stock, end-of-year).
Above normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Marco Polo return c. 1295Encyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.University of Washington Silk Road — Inner Asian chancery neighbourhoodUniversity of Washington · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Britannica and Silk Road Seattle independently summarise the return-by-sea story. Official carrier: Silk Road Seattle — Polo's return by sea (https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/ (opens in a new tab); University of Washington Silk Road Seattle). Independent carrier: Britannica — Polo departure from China c. 1292 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marco-Polo (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Established as received. Not established: a unique recovered passenger roll. Established: a sourced public record of The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told under 1292-01-01.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told are separate paths.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Shared responsibility is part of The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told. Naming Marco Polo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1292-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorMarco Polo
- contributed toFactThe Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told
- strengthensDriverHumanitarian Access
- strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)
Cite this page
Factrail. (2026). The Polos join a maritime escort of a princess toward the Ilkhanate as later told. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/mp-ilkhan-bride-1292
https://factrail.ai/facts/mp-ilkhan-bride-1292
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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