ON THE WAY TO XANADU
On The Way To Xanadu is a fascinating documentary series that covers the “Silk Road” traveled by the great explorer Marco Polo from Asia Minor through the lands of the Mongolian Empire to Kublai Kahn’s summer palace in Xanadu. This incomparable road was indeed the trade route that opened up the East to the West, but it was so much more as well. For it flourished not only for the purpose of trading in silk and other goods, but of the many other precious commodities available, from scientific and technical innovations to the ideologies, religions, philosophies, music, dances and many other cultural aspects that marked this Asian region.
In just 13 one-hour episodes your audience will travel the path that took Marco Polo three years to journey, and discover the very incredible visions of the life and the world that were introduced by the “Silk Road”.