Marco Polo was no doubt one of the most influential explorers in the world. His tales of the East opened the minds of the Europeans‚ and his tales were a catalyst for the Age of Exploration in Europe. His influence on geographical exploration was so pivotal that many years later Christopher Columbus used Marco Polo’s book on his voyage to the New World. Marco Polo’s book‚ The Travels of Marco Polo‚ was widely published and thousands of copies were printed in different languages. However‚ many skeptics
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Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Gameplay involves swimming‚ players passing the ball while being defended by opponents‚ and scoring by throwing into a net defended by a goalie. Water polo‚ therefore‚ has strong similarities to the land-based game of team handball. The frequency of ’man-up’
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THE THAI HISTORY 1868–1910: reign of King Chulalongkorn‚ modernization of Thailand * To counter imperialism and sustain Thailand’s independence and sovereignty‚ King Rama V initiated and implemented social infrastructure investment‚ government reform‚ high level diplomatic relations and trade agreements. * He sent his princes to study in different fields in various European countries such as Russia and Germany. These princes‚ then returned to Thailand and were responsible for the reforms
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The Culture In Thailand Religion plays a very important role in the Thai society. Religion has helped mold the country it is today by creating freedom‚ individualism and liberal people in the Thai society. The national religion in Thailand is Buddhism of the Theravada tradition‚ however there is total religious freedom in Thailand and many other religious practices can be found. Thai Buddhism has changed over many years including many regional beliefs originating from animism as well as ancestor
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demand and supply by owning the majority of the shares in some business that has major profit. For example‚ electricity‚ water supply‚ telecom‚ and transportation system. Therefore‚ Thai economic is a mixed between Socialist but is more on the capitalism side. Structure of Thai revenue and it sources. The main income of Thai revenue came from both Domestic activities and incomes from overseas. The sources of domestic income came from agriculture‚ industrial sector‚ wholesale and retail sector and other
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Thai Traditional Clothing Have you ever seen or heard anything about Thai clothing? Thai clothing has gone back for centuries‚ and it still exists in Thai people’s daily lives to this day. Thai clothing has its history’s about why each one is worn and how it had become as one. Men and woman wear different ones but they are made almost alike‚ and they also have types of cloth that they use for each. They tell why they are worn now and how they are used for everyday wear‚ traditional wear‚ and special
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Style? Causal naked wedding? Just provide you a new suggestion‚ have you ever thought of holding Thai style wedding? Are you still pondering? Let me first introduce the Thai wedding to you‚ and then compare the differences between Thai and Hong Kong wedding style. In this essay‚ I will first focus on the wedding styles in Thailand and Hong Kong. Afterwards‚ I will examine the general differences of Thai marriage and Hong Kong marriage‚ such as preparation of wedding ceremony‚ the process of wedding
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Muay Thai Muay Thai is well known as one of the most dangerous sports around the world. Coming from Thailand it has its roots from many ancient forms of Asian martial arts also similar to the style of kick boxing and strike force. Muay as local people call it has an old history full of great fighters. Due to the terrible economy in Thailand it never got too much attention. Instead‚ it has remained a national sport and part of the folklore. Muay Thai has similar rules to every non-weapon fight
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Topic 2: In the Prologue to The Travel of Marco Polo the author claims that his book is "an accurate record"�‚ free from any sort of fabrication"�. Is this Statement true? How reliable and useful is this book as a source of historical information (Support your answer with evidence from the primary sources)? Marco Polo has discovered much of central Asia. Over the years many manuscripts‚ evolve around the controversial issue‚ on whether Marco Polo did go to China. How accurate his account and reliability
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Thai Elephants and its significant to Thai Culture and History The elephant‚ the giant size animal with enormous power and gentle heart‚ is a living creature that have special place in Thai’s heart. It has been the icon of Thai tradition‚ culture and royal power through centuries since the old Siam. The thousand and thousand years of relationship between Thai people and elephants are even recorded and can be found abundantly on the pages of Thai’s historical book. Because of their long association
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