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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The sun was so bright it woke me up. The window next to me brought in cool wind. The king died from one of the many rules of the great and deiced Hammurabi. I thought Hammurabi made these rules were made to protect the weak. Now because of that our kind king has died because of his selflessness. Why did he have to leave us so soon? A warm tear escaped my eye and rolled down my cheek. He was trying to protect an innocent widow. The traveler refused to back down and they started to fight. He accidently
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the inflation of a soccer ball influences the accuracy of a soccer ball. In this experiment‚ I used one Nike soccer ball‚ one pair of Adidas soccer cleats‚ a soccer field‚ an air pump and a pressure gauge. I used a soccer ball with the PSI of 8.7‚ a soccer ball with 9.5 PSI‚ and a soccer ball with 7.75 PSI. Changing the PSI of the soccer ball changes the results because the PSI changes the hardness of a ball. I can see how the PSI affects my accuracy by recording the number of attempts it takes to
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How Accurate is the Media’s Portrayal of Youth Crime? The media plays a major role in distributing crime stories to the public through means of the television‚ newspapers and the radio as well as several other ways. In terms of accuracy‚ it is commonly thought that the media do in fact distort the image of our youth‚ resulting in the public perceiving that youth crime is on the rise. The media is an extremely useful method of delivering information to the public‚ and has much power in directing
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casts doubt on the initial recording and classification of an event and offenders are charged for a different offence to what was initially recorded‚ generally no changes are made to the initial classifications of crime‚ which further effects the accuracy of published statistics. The issue of counting crimes in complex or closely linked incidents may cause additional problems with the validity of official statistics. Some offences may be repeated many times over a certain period of time. For example
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circumstances. 2. Know how to “correctly” measure volume and mass (weight). 3. Become familiar with significant figures and its relationship to measurements and data recording (significant figures). 4. Become familiar with the errors‚ precision and accuracy associated the various measurement tools and techniques. 5. Determine the density of liquids and solids. 6. Determine the best-fit straight line as a method to examine linear relationships and to use this relationship as a predicative model such
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In the movie “The Land that Time Forgot (1975)” we noticed that‚ although some of dinosaurs portrayed had some accuracies to their characteristics‚ most had glaring flaws. The first dinosaur we addressed was the Pterodactylus. The movie accurately portrayed the Pterodactylus because it has a short tail‚ 3 claws per wing and it is only shown during the day. The inaccuracies of the movies Pterodactylus were that it was way too big (was said to have an actual wingspan of around 1 meter)‚ it did not
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1599‚ Shakespeare’s historical tragedy Julius Caesar portrays the conspiracy against Julius Caesar‚ his assassination and the defeat of the conspirators. Julius Caesar is one of the many Roman plays that Shakespeare wrote based on true events from Roman history. This play presents varying perspectives on not only characters such as Julius Caesar‚ but also on events and situations such as the assassination of Julius Caesar and the political instability and conflict in Rome. Gladiator‚ an epic film directed
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By Chris Dinesen Rogers‚ eHow Contributor updated: April 22‚ 2010 Pollution ’s Impact on Historical Monuments Significance Pollution negatively impacts historical monuments and buildings around the world‚ from the Acropolis in Greece to the America ’ s own Lincoln Memorial. The threat is in the risk of losing these irreplaceable structures forever. Many of these monuments have cultural and aesthetic value that is beyond price. Acid Rain One of the more destructive forms of pollution is acid rain
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BALER HISTORICAL-ADVENTURE TOUR DETAILED PASSENGER ITINERARY Night One: Departure from the Point of Origin / Night Trip 0930 hrs. pm Assembly at the Point of Origin (POO) 1000 hrs. pm. ETD from the POO Day One: Baler Tour Part I (Baler Historical-Cultural Tour) 0600 hrs. am ETA Maria Aurora/Check-in & Breakfast (M1) at Lorentess Resort 0800-1030 hrs. Rest & Relaxation @ Lorentess Resort 1100 hrs. ETD / Tour Proper: First stop: Centennial Tree 1200 hrs. nn Lunch
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