because the Mongols did something they could not; the Mongols conquered China. An army was led by Kublai Khan‚ the grandson of Genghis Khan. Instead‚ the Mongols influenced China at an even greater extent. Kublai‚ a Mongol king‚ established the Yuan Dynasty on China and lived as emperor. The fact that Kublai conquered China offers proof that at least a slight change of culture would occur; because of Kublai‚ China transformed forever. He was known as one of the best emperors of China because he did three
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caravan route to China) and remained there for 3 years. Thereafter‚ in 1263‚ joining the Persian envoys‚ they made their way to visit the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan in Shangdu (near present Beijing). To arrive there‚ they traveled the Silk Route via Samar Qand‚ the Northern Tibetan desert and the Mongolian Steppes. Upon their arrival‚ Kublai Khan commissioned them to return with 100 missionaries to convert his nation to Christianity in opposition to the threatening Islamic armies. Over the next
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was an Italian born adventurer commonly remembered for his extensive stay in China‚ at the palace of Kublai Khan. Born to a wealthy Venetian merchant family‚ Marco Polo was born with a love for adventure coursing in his veins. This dauntless desire was reflected throughout Marco Polo’s life as he continued to make an impact on exploring throughout his later years. Exploring the empire of Kublai Khan‚ and surrounding areas similar to the empire‚ Marco Polo has made vast discoveries in trade‚ economics
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history. His story would become wildly popular and spark many imaginations when it was dictated to and written down by Rustichello da Pisa‚ in The Travels of Marco Polo (c.1300). Along with his father and uncle‚ Marco set out for the seat of Kublai Khan at Khanbaliq‚ Cathay. During the 17 years Marco was in Kublai’s service‚ he would travel throughout the empire doing the great Khan’s bidding. It is unclear when Marco made his way to the city of Hangzhou‚ the former capital of the defeated southern
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once lived. In addition‚ he has also inspired many other explorers to go out and see the world and witness all the rich culture Polo once experienced. It was first Polo’s father‚ Nicolo Polo and uncle‚ Maffeo who visited China and met with emperor Khan; who was the ruler of China at that time. He liked both of the explorers and decided to treat them with much honor. According to Manuel Komroff who wrote the book‚ The Travels of Marco Polo Revised from Marsden’s Translation‚ the emperor wanted them
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Journey there are obstacles to overcome Inner journeys often compel the individual to contemplate challenges faced throughout life through a continual process of self reflection. This process can be seen in the following texts‚ Dante’s Inferno & Kublai Khan by samuel taylor colleridge. Each text reveals self reflection whereby leads the person to question themselves. Secondly they both indicate that there are challenges in life metaphorically or allegorically represented in the imaginative journey.
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Crusades. Due to this strong "Islamic curtain"‚ the Europeans were unaware of the existence of the Mongol empire gradually rising as one of the world superpowers until Marco Polo came back with fascinating stories after his service under the Great Khan.
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Shere Khan the new King of the Jungle. He became a King because His brother died in a fight with men‚ and he had no sons‚ so the next in line was Shere Khan. The season was dry‚ so dry the animals of the jungle made a water truce. When the first sign of water was found Shere Khan was late to the party. He came to the water oasis to sniff out a man cub being neutered by the Pack of wolves. “Akela do I smell a man cub in your pack‚¨ Snarled Shere Khan. ¨Mowgli is a member of my pack‚ and I am sure
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J. Chandler W. Carraway World Civilization I October 22‚ 2012 Genghis Khan Genghis Khan was both a feared military conqueror ad an intelligent administrative of the empire he created‚ but I think that khan being an intelligent administrative of his empire was the most important of the two of shaping the modern world. Its most his techniques he used as the military conqueror that made me certain. Khan fighting techniques shows that he has leadership skills‚ he was able to the find his enemies
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COLERIDGE: Kubla Khan Coleridge worked out an own theory of imagination‚ which can be divided into a Primary one‚ in other words the faculty by which we perceive the external world‚ and a Secondary one‚ which regards the faculty that a poet has to idealize. Fancy is instead inferior to it‚ because it’s just a logical faculty which enables the poet to associate metaphors or other poetical devices. In fact it’s the imagination that allows the poet to transcend the data of experience
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