Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant that had an extraordinary life. As a young adult‚ Marco would begin a monumental journey that would span continents and would solidify his place in 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
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Marco Polo ( i/ˈmɑrkoʊ ˈpoʊloʊ/; Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko ˈpɔːlo]; c.1254 – January 8–9‚ 1324)[1] was an Italian merchant traveler from the Republic of Venice[2][3] whose travels 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
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Study Guide for Exam 3 The information below is to help students focus on important topics of the chapter. This study guide does not replace reading the chapter or give you exact questions. Essentially‚ exam questions are taken directly from information within the chapter. Without reading and studying definitions‚ theorists‚ psychological terminology and perspectives‚ you will have a difficult time passing my exams. You will find the application questions particularly difficult if you do not understand
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Florida Senator Marco Rubio admits he finds the State Department’s response to the attacks on the diplomats in Cuba “ridiculous‚” in an interview that took place on Sunday‚ October 1st‚ with CBS correspondent John Dickerson. During the interview‚ Rubio explains that there is “…very little that happens in Havana that the Cuban government does not know about‚ especially Americans working for the State department.” According to the New York Times‚ the attack that Rubio refers to is when approximately
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The San Marco bowl is a Byzantine vessel made of purple and red glass embellished with bright polychrome and enamel paint. It is seventeen centimeters high and deep‚ and 33 centimeters wide. The bowl became the property of the Treasury of San Marco after the Fourth Crusade from the Venetian booty of Constantinople and is one of the most prized glass objects of the Byzantine period (The MET). Although despite its significance to Byzantine fine art‚ the bowl’s origins‚ significance‚ and date of creation
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Crazy Eddie‚ Inc. financial fraud case Crazy Eddie was an American retail store chain run by the Antar family‚ which was established as a private company in 1969 in Brooklyn‚ New York by businessmen Eddie and Sam M. Antar. The fraud at Crazy Eddie was one of the longest running in modern times‚ lasting from 1969 to 1987. Crazy Eddie became a known symbol for corporate fraud in its time‚ but has since been eclipsed by the Enron‚ Worldcom and Bernie Madoff accounting scandals. Commencement of fraud
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essay I’ve chosen the topic: ‘Ukraine as a ‘bridge’ between Russia and EU’. I found it really interesting‚ especially in current situation‚ after the Presidential elections. And‚ of course‚ the topic is very important to me‚ as I’m Ukrainian and studying in the country‚ which belongs to EU. In this paper it would be considered: reasons of forming of current situation in Ukraine; relationships and perspective of development of them with Russia; relationships and perspective of development of them with
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Cassie Angelucci 9/21/14 Crazy Eddie Fraud Case Eddie Antar came from a low rent neighborhood in Brooklyn from a family of merchants. Growing up poor he had dreams and aspirations of becoming a household name. At the age of 20 years old‚ Antar opened up his very first store‚ Crazy Eddie. Crazy Eddie was an electronics store that specialized in low prices and a party atmosphere. The business did very well in its startup years and began to grow. Not long after Antar opened up his first store‚ he
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Eddie Rose Analysis Paper The Independence of Eddie Rose starts in a house on Indian reservation. The very first things we get see is the destructive house hold that Eddie Rose‚ his mother Katherine Rose‚ and little sister Theia live in. It is early in the morning and Katherine has just finished yelling and kicking out her boyfriend Lenny Sharb. After which Eddie is left alone with his mother where they get into a bit of an argument and Katherine tries to kiss Eddie. Katherine upset that Eddie
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The Relationship between Bangladesh and China | Structure of the paper Title | Page Number | 1.Preamble | 03 | | | 2. Significant of China-Bangladesh Relationship | 04 | | | 3. History of China-Bangladesh Relations | 05-07 | | | 4. Political Relations in Different Regimes | 08-20 | | | 5.Starting of Bilateral Relations | 21 | | | 6.Bilateral Contacts and Cooperation |
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