very wealthy by trading goods with the Middle East. He was seventeen when his father and uncle took him on his first journey to China in 1271. Marco Polo travelled to China over the Silk Road which was an overland route to China. He worked for Kublai Khan‚ the Mongol Emperor‚ for seventeen years. He sailed home instead of going overland. Marco Polo brought back ivory‚ jade‚ jewels‚ porcelain‚ silk and also stories about the Chinese use of coal‚ money and compasses. Marco Polo became famous for his
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his worked with Kublai Khan and also his splendid book called "The travels of Marco Polo". In 1260‚ when Marco was six years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They had to change their route because a war had began. Nicolo and his brother reached Bukhara where they stayed for three years. Kublai Khan the great Mongol Emperor heard about them and invited them to visit him. So‚ Nicolo and Maffeo crossed the Gobi
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ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO DONE BY: ESHA‚ SHASHANK. HISTORY OF MARCO POLO • Marco Polo was born in 1254. • Before Marco was born‚ his father Niccolo Polo and his uncle Maffeo Polo had gone on a journey to china. • His aunt took care of him and taught him arithmetic or math and to read and write. • The business in the family was to become merchants and traders‚ so his aunt also taught him how to judge products and about foreign money. Making him like business and was his passion. • He died on January
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Genghis Khan‚ or Ghengis Khan as he is more widely known‚ was born about the year 1162 to a Mongol chieftain‚ Yesugei‚ and his wife. He was born with the name of Temujin‚ which means ’iron worker’ in his native language. When Temujin was born his fist was clutching a blood clot which was declared an omen that he was destined to become a heroic warrior.Very little is known of Temujin until he was around age 13 when his father declared that his son was to find a fiancée and get married. After several
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II. Most famous European to travel to china knew many Asian languages‚ served the great Kublai Kahn for 17 years. A. Biological factors. i. Was not even born yet when his father left for his first journey. Mother died young and he was raised by his aunt and uncle. His father returned when Marco was 17. ii. His father returned Marco his father and uncle set out on a vogage to china. Marco met Kublai Kahn who sent him to Chinese cities on government business. iii. Upon return polo was
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are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde‚ a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned the mercantile trade from his father and uncle‚ Niccolò and Maffeo‚ who traveled through Asia‚ and apparently met Kublai Khan. In 1269‚ they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia‚ returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned‚ and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He
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Genghis Khan Genghis khan has done what many could not during his time like being one of the greatest conquers‚ having a very high education‚ and is a great military leader. Genghis Khan should be included into the medieval Hall of Fame. He has good government establishments‚ he is an effective military leader‚ and under his control even alone‚ the Mongol Empire had a vast territory and growing during and after his time‚ but eventually everything that goes up‚ must come down. Mongolia was controlled
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Invisible Empire: The Power of Language and Metaphor in Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities by Sara Beth Seay Departmental Honors Thesis The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga English Project Director: Dr. Gregory O’Dea Examination Date: 5 May 2007 Dr. Craig Barrow‚ Dr. Matthew Guy‚ Dr. Robert Marlowe‚ Dr. Gregory O’Dea Examining Committee Signatures: _________________________________________________________ Project Director _________________________________________________________
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EVALUARE ÎN EDUCAŢIE Limba Engleză Etapa I – 19.11.2011 7th grade – 5th year of study Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 120 minute. Punctaj total: 100 puncte. Nu se acordă puncte din oficiu. I. VOCABULARY (25p) Circle the correct answer: Example: The four ……………... of the year are: spring‚ summer‚ autumn and winter. a) days b) months c) seasons 2p 1. The day before Christmas is called Christmas ……………… . a) Eve b) Evening c) Saturday Look into the oven and see if the ………….is ready. a) cake b) soup
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of neighboring societies8. They then arrived at the Court of the Great Kublai Khan in what is now the City of Peking. Marco marvels at the beauty of the buildings‚ and gardens in the city. From the very populous city ran roads out to the country. Every part of the country was carefully noted in the official records‚ and the distance from Peking to every village in the empire was included in these records. The Great Khan had a messenger service that used these roads to bring news to him from
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