Marco Polo is very well known for his travels on this silk road as well as his 24-year journey to Asia. Throughout this time he became very well acquainted with the people he encountered and became a confidant of Kublai Khan. Since Kublai Khan was the Khagan of the Mongol Empire this allowed Marco polo to fit in better.
Roman architecture and statues
True, freedom of speech disappeared during WWl for anyone critical of the war effort.
For example, the Choctaw code talkers (Native Americans that helped in communication so the enemy couldn't decipher what American troops' orders were) were heavily guarded and were ordered to commit suicide should capture be inevitable. Their purpose left them confined.
YOU FOUND THE ANSWER TO LIFE?? And scientists said it was impossible T-T