Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy‚ in a wealthy and merchant family. In 1260‚ the first journey east of Marco Polo’s father and uncle‚ Nicolo and Maffeo Polo‚ set out and they arrived at the court of Kublai Khan in 1265. The Polos brought 100 European priests to Kublai Khan according to the suggestion and they returned to Venice in 1269. In 1271‚ Marco Polo had his first journey when he was 15 years old after his mother’s death. He departed with his father and uncle to China and they
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“Ideas‚ actions‚ and communication style need to meet the needs of the historical moment” (Arnett & Arneson‚ 1999‚ p. 34). “Appropriate use of communication‚ as well as business investments‚ need to be historically grounded in what is ‘appropriate’ for a given era” (Arnett & Arneson‚ 1999‚ pp. 34-35). Also‚ “much of our communication is guided by our personal needs” ((Arnett & Arneson‚ 1999‚ p. 35). When meeting the historical moment‚ it is crucial to actually meet the historical moment by discussing
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HISTORICAL POLITENESS IN GREAT BRITAIN Eva Marín Caballero Historical Pragmatics Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Wintersemester 2013/2014 Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Politeness and Face-work: Background information - Definitions - A face-based model: Brown and Levinson (1987) - Politeness vs. Impoliteness 3. Politeness in the history of English - From positive to negative politeness culture - Politeness in Old English - Politeness in Middle English: curteisie - Politeness
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common to see the lute associated with painting and other pieces of artwork from its time. Lutes are made mostly of wood. The soundboard is usually made from a flat‚ thin piece of spruce‚ which provides resonance. Since lutes have close sound holes‚ all lutes have a “rose‚” which is a decorated sound hole under the strings. The back of the lute is known as a “shell.” The shell is usually assembled from thin‚ but durable wood‚ These pieces of wood are known as “ribs‚” and eventually conjoined
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How is the material being researched and developed at significant stages during the process of creating drama? Our stimulus: Madness When we first got this stimulus‚ everyone focused on the common idea of madness as an illness and based at mental institutions‚ as madness is socially constructed and everyone differs to different people‚ we decided not to follow that path as there are many people who doesn’t fit the set meaning of insane but are still regarded as insane and this also made us question
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History of historical linguistics Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century and grew out of the earlier discipline of philology‚ the study of ancient texts and documents‚ which goes back to antiquity. At first historical linguistics was comparative linguistics and mainly concerned with establishing language families and the reconstruction of prehistoric proto-languages‚ using the comparative method and internal reconstruction. The focus was on the well-known Indo-European
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Visit to a Historical Place – Taj Mahal There are many beautiful and worth seeing historical places in India. But the Taj Mahal of Agra is the most beautiful of all. It is a dream in marble. Me and my family visited taj mahal in summer vacations. Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world. It has both historical as well as cultural value. It is built on the banks of the river Jamuna. My mother told me‚ Taj Mahal was built by the Moghul Emperor Shahjahan as a mausoleum of his beloved wife
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life or death‚ they abuse their credibility and knowledge. Not only does this scientist misplace his efforts that could have been useful in a different context‚ but he looses the public’s trust to handle any further scientific matter. Unlike the historical criticism offered in Frankenstein‚ 2312 is written 300 years into the future. Kim Stanley Robinson uses this timeframe to offer a positive outlook on scientific ability. Upon the novel’s release‚
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all the historical buildings that were created 50-100 years ago‚ and build new buildings because they think they have no other choice to let people live but to destroy them. There are very less opportunities to save the historical buildings. The way to save them is either to leave them as they are because that’s how they are still in one piece for 50-100 years or redecorate them and use them for the duties they are going to apply when they will create a new one in the same spot as a historical building
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Abstract Cryptography and encryption have been utilized for secure communication for many years. All through history‚ military communication has had the best impact on encryption and the progressions thereof. The case study describes an encryption method that has been used historically but no longer used. It shows that although the World Wide Web is an electronic convention which enables individuals to convey mail‚ information‚ and business through a digital medium but this technique for information
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