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 was
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Once upon a time‚ roughly 26 years ago‚ a boy named Amir lived in Afghanistan. He lived in a city called Kabul with his father‚ Baba. Baba’s best friend‚ Rahim Khan‚ is always around and sometimes Amir felt that Rahim Khan was more of a father figure to him than Baba‚ because Rahim Khan understands him. Amir’s mother died giving birth to him‚ but Baba and Amir have two servants named Hassan and Ali‚ who are Hazaras. Hassan’s mother and Ali’s wife‚ Sanubar‚ ran away with a clan of gypsies after Hassan’s
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The Kite Runner is a novel by Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books‚ it is Hosseini’s first novel‚ and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2007. The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir‚ a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul‚ whose closest friend is Hassan‚ his father’s young Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events‚ from the fall of Afghanistan’s monarchy through the Soviet invasion‚ the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and
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and violated the women (doc 2). This ruthlessness is explained by Marco Polo’s accounts‚ which talked about the barbaric nature of their living conditions‚ sustaining themselves on almost nothing (doc 3). An eyewitness account‚ reveals that Genghis Khan wiped out a whole tribe for rebelling and allowed neighboring areas to plunder what was left (doc 7). This shows how seriously the Mongols were keeping conquered areas in line‚ and how forceful and violent they were even after the initial invasions
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from Central Asia who joined together under the rule of Ghengis Khan to conquer territory. The Mongols had an enormous affect on the territories it conquered. They generally took on the culture of the peoples they conquered. In China‚ the Mongols modeled the government similar to China’s but did not allow Chinese members to become a part of the government. They also outlawed the civil service exam. In contrast in the Middle East‚ Il-Khan allowed local government officials to stay in power and keep their
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Afshan Jafar claims that the position of women in Pakistan is the product of specific‚ historical‚ political and cultural forces (53). In this paper‚ we will examine the historical and contemporary cultural and political forces that influence women in Pakistan. Particular attention will be given to the influence of General Zia al Haq on women’s rights; this will be illustrated by examining Pakistani government policies on women before‚ during‚ and after his rule. The historical and contemporary cultural
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One major conflict from the book‚ The Kite Runner‚ was when Amir went back to Kabul and had to rescue Sohrab from the Taliban. This was the major plot of the story as it changed much of the character’s life and helped build the theme of the story. In the beginning of the book‚ Amir acted like a coward when his best friend‚ Hassan‚ was being assaulted by the antagonist‚ Assef‚ and he didn’t go and try to save him. Instead‚ he ran and left all the suffering for Hassan. This causes him to become guilty
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The Kite Runner - Reading Questions for Chapters 15-20 1. In Chapter 15‚ Amir meets with the dying Rahim Khan. Where are they? Peshawar‚ Pakistan 2. What does Amir say about clichés? Why does Amir use the cliché about "an elephant in the room" to describe his meeting with Rahim Khan? They are usually dead on. The elephant is the truth about Rahim Khan’s condition – he is dying and doesn’t have much time left. 3. Afghanistan has been seized by what political group in Chapter 15? Taliban 4.
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such innovative lines‚ Pepsi has gained for itself a refreshed its brand image. Pepsi began with the Yehi hai Right Choice Baby campaign‚ which has been one of the most memorable campaigns of the brand‚ featuring celebrity endorsers such as Shah Rukh Khan‚ kajol‚ rani mukherjee among others. The focus‚ as is clearly evident‚ is on the product with the youth as its target segment. During the 1990s‚ we saw the advent of “ Yeh dil maange more”. Yeh Dil Mange More campaign was again a great success‚ having
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Democracy in Bangladesh: From Crisis to Sustainability Haider A. Khan Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to examine the problems of democratization in Bangladesh in light of the crises of governance in that country in the 21st century. The theoretical framework is a somewhat novel theory of deep democracy from a political and social economy perspective. However‚ the major emphasis is on understanding the problems of democratization in Bangladesh concretely in light of the theory. The
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