Alexandre Morin Water polo Water polo is one of the best sports out there. First of all‚ a set of very precise rules assures this sport stays practicable. To start a normal water polo game‚ seven players (six field players and a goalie) from each team (fourteen total) are needed. These teams have four quarters of about seven minutes (eight minutes at Olympic level) to put the ball as many times as possible in the opponent’s net. Although‚ a team may not have possession of the ball for longer
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Marco Polo‚ a thirteenth century Venetian explorer‚ documented his expeditions with the aid of a writer named Rustichello in the novel The Travels of Marco Polo. The novel provides insight about the many places he traveled to in the Middle East and Asia as well as Kubilai Khan‚ a leader of the Mongol Empire. Although Polo describes places that are different from Venice in many ways‚ his observation of cities and government under Kubilai Khan reveal inherently Venetian ideals. Good governance is
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Photographer Lauren Greenfield believes that “personal brands are created on camera‚” and through the creation of social media‚ this has become easier than ever before. Through apps like Instagram‚ Snapchat‚ and Twitter‚ celebrities are able to manipulate their reality to create a brand‚ and showcase this brand to create a strong following‚ which some‚ such as Greenfield‚ akin to a cult. From One Direction and their “Directioners‚” to Lady Gaga and her “Monsters‚” to James Charles’s “sisters”‚ these
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writings of both Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta give accounts of early world travel and exploration during the middle ages‚ these two explorers’ managed to travel the length of the Eurasian empire‚ while creating written accounts of their adventure. When comparing these two individual writings on their travels and perception of cultures‚ religion and trade also their reasons for travel it is imperative that we acknowledge that these two individuals came from very different back rounds Polo a Christian and Battuta
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Born in 1254 in Venice‚ Marco Polo is today a well-known figure of pre-Renaissance travels‚ and for his ground breaking travels to lands never before journeyed by Europeans. He was an Italian traveler and author‚ and spent the majority of his life travelling and exploring. His father Nicolo and uncle Maffeo‚ both merchants‚ had conducted business and trade in Constantinopole (now known as Istanbul) and the Crimea. However‚ when Genoa’s merchants‚ rivals to the Italian Polo’s‚ took over trade in
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Marco Polo grew up with a Venetian family in a trading environment. Polo‚ a highly educated individual‚ lives on in history as one of the greatest explorers of the 13th and 14th century. He traversed the Far East while keeping a detailed account of everything he experienced. His enthusiasm towards traveling‚ inspired by his family‚ propelled him to the accomplishments scholars remember him for today. Scholars utilize many of his maps‚ textbooks‚ and history lessons around the world. Polo lived a
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The Travels of Marco Polo My ignorance and general distaste for history are likely to blame‚ but I‚ for one‚ was surprised to learn that Marco Polo is an actual person. Of course‚ I figured there was some significance to the phrase beyond its use as a swimming pool game‚ where a blindfolded individual closes their eyes‚ calls out‚ “Marco‚” and tries to tag other players by tracking down their mandatory responses of‚ “Polo.” That the significance was a name‚ however‚ surprised me indeed. I would
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 into a rich Venetian merchant family‚ just North of Italy. When he was 17 years old‚ he left with his father and uncle on a journey to China‚ which lasted 3.5 years. Once he was there‚ he immersed himself in Chinese culture and language. He was impressed by their inventions‚ such as gunpowder‚ porcelain‚ and paper money. He went from governor‚ to a tax collector‚ to having an official seat in the Khan’s privy court. He stayed in China for 17 years before starting his trip
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The Travels of Marco Polo and the Reception of Kublai Kahn Marco Polo was a Venetian Christian diplomat that gained the trust of one of the most powerful men in history: Kublai Khan. The book outlines the assimilation of one man into Mongol culture. The Mongols were very accepting of other cultures so cases like these are far from rare. One other example is the Flemish Monk Willem van Ruysbroeck’s first hand account of the Mongols. In both pieces of literature you see the culture of the Mongol Empire
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