Marco Polo reverently described Khubilai Khan and his palaces, along with paper money, coal, postal service, eyeglasses and other innovations that had not yet appeared in Europe. He also told partially erroneous self-aggrandizing tales about warfare, commerce, geography, court intrigues and the sexual practices of the people who lived under Mongol rule.
It imposed harsh reparations payments on Germany, which led to economic and political instability. As a result of the Versailles Treaty, Germany lost its overseas colonies in Africa.
