Explanation: The Polos were not the first Europeans to reach China and the east. But Marco Polo's travels were inspiring. He wrote about the landscape, the Middle Eastern people, and details about the Mongol empire. These descriptions gave many Europeans their first look at the civilizations to the east. Hope this helped!!
When a country joins the International Monetary Fund, it is assigned a quota based on the size of its economy. The initial quota in the same range as the quotas of existing members of broadly comparable economic size and characteristics. Hope this answers the question.
