SIR SYED AHMED KHAN: HIS LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION Sir Syed’s vision and his laborious efforts to meet the demands of challenging times are highly commendable. The dark post 1857 era was indeed hopeless and only Sir Syed could penetrate through its thick veil to visualize the Nation’s destinies. He rightly believed that the past had its merits and its legacies were valuable but it was the future that a society was called upon to cope with. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) was a great visionary‚
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The Travels of Marco Polo and the Reception of Kublai Kahn Marco Polo was a Venetian Christian diplomat that gained the trust of one of the most powerful men in history: Kublai Khan. The book outlines the assimilation of one man into Mongol culture. The Mongols were very accepting of other cultures so cases like these are far from rare. One other example is the Flemish Monk Willem van Ruysbroeck’s first hand account of the Mongols. In both pieces of literature you see the culture of the Mongol Empire
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significant Kublai Khan Marco Polo Shinto Samurai Bushido Shogun As you read about the Mongols‚ take notes to answer the questions. The Rise of the Mongols 1. What was the primary cause of conflict between steppe nomads and settled communities? 2. How was Genghis Khan able to unite the nomadic Mongols? 3. What traits enabled Genghis Khan to conquer most of Asia? The Khanates 4. Into what four khanates did the successors of Genghis Khan 5. How did
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he said‚ or was favored in the court of Kublai Khan‚ was another matter. There are three particular points that I want to point out why I think Marco Polo did get to China. At first Niccolo Polo and Matteo Polo‚ both father and uncle to Marco Polo‚ were merchants who set out into Asia in AD 1255‚ and supposed to reached Cambuluc (present day Beijing)‚ Kublai ’s capital in AD 1266. They returned to Europe‚ supposedly bearing a letter from Kublai Khan to the Pope to send some 200 representatives
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The Travels of Marco Polo My ignorance and general distaste for history are likely to blame‚ but I‚ for one‚ was surprised to learn that Marco Polo is an actual person. Of course‚ I figured there was some significance to the phrase beyond its use as a swimming pool game‚ where a blindfolded individual closes their eyes‚ calls out‚ “Marco‚” and tries to tag other players by tracking down their mandatory responses of‚ “Polo.” That the significance was a name‚ however‚ surprised me indeed. I would
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because the Mongols did something they could not; the Mongols conquered China. An army was led by Kublai Khan‚ the grandson of Genghis Khan. Instead‚ the Mongols influenced China at an even greater extent. Kublai‚ a Mongol king‚ established the Yuan Dynasty on China and lived as emperor. The fact that Kublai conquered China offers proof that at least a slight change of culture would occur; because of Kublai‚ China transformed forever. He was known as one of the best emperors of China because he did three
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caravan route to China) and remained there for 3 years. Thereafter‚ in 1263‚ joining the Persian envoys‚ they made their way to visit the Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan in Shangdu (near present Beijing). To arrive there‚ they traveled the Silk Route via Samar Qand‚ the Northern Tibetan desert and the Mongolian Steppes. Upon their arrival‚ Kublai Khan commissioned them to return with 100 missionaries to convert his nation to Christianity in opposition to the threatening Islamic armies. Over the next
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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 service‚ he would travel throughout the empire doing the great Khan’s bidding. It is unclear when Marco made his way to the city of Hangzhou‚ the former capital of the defeated southern
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was an Italian born adventurer commonly remembered for his extensive stay in China‚ at the palace of Kublai Khan. Born to a wealthy Venetian merchant family‚ Marco Polo was born with a love for adventure coursing in his veins. This dauntless desire was reflected throughout Marco Polo’s life as he continued to make an impact on exploring throughout his later years. Exploring the empire of Kublai Khan‚ and surrounding areas similar to the empire‚ Marco Polo has made vast discoveries in trade‚ economics
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once lived. In addition‚ he has also inspired many other explorers to go out and see the world and witness all the rich culture Polo once experienced. It was first Polo’s father‚ Nicolo Polo and uncle‚ Maffeo who visited China and met with emperor Khan; who was the ruler of China at that time. He liked both of the explorers and decided to treat them with much honor. According to Manuel Komroff who wrote the book‚ The Travels of Marco Polo Revised from Marsden’s Translation‚ the emperor wanted them
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