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While visiting the court of Kublai Khan on a trading journey, Marco Polo’s father and uncle were directed by Kublai Khan to travel to Jerusalem and return with the oil that burned in the sepulcher of God. They went home to Venice first where they acquired the items to be delivered from the Pope. This ended up taking longer than anticipated when the Pope died. The Polos waited for a new Pope to be appointed and then set out for Jerusalem as they had promised Kublai Khan. Marco Polo joined the expedition. After obtaining the sacred oil, Marco Polo accompanied his father and uncle back to the court of Kublai Khan in Mongolia.
