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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Donmar Warehouse‚ Miranda and Ferdinand gave off a sense of maturity and more understanding than the other productions. I would also say they were very lively and dramatic. They can be seen running in circles‚ jumping‚ throwing their arms around‚ making
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Marco Polo did not go to China‚ as there is not enough evidence to support his claims and stories. First of all‚ there is no original copy of the book‚ The Travels‚ that exists. The Travels was supposedly written by Rustichello‚ a writer and Marco’s fellow prisoner‚ whom he told his tales of travel to. According to Spodek‚ there are around 140 manuscripts of The Travels‚ in different languages‚ that were copied down by various scribes before printing was invented‚ but no actual original copy of the
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Ferdinand de Saussure: Was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in linguistics in the 20th century. He is widely considered one of the fathers of 20th-century linguistics.[1][2] However‚ many modern linguists and philosophers of language consider his ideas outdate. his ideas have significantly influenced the humanities and social sciences.Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure was born in Geneva in 1857.Saussure showed signs of considerable talent and intellectual
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Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480‚ in northern Portugal. He was the son to a proud father‚ Rodrigo de Magalhaes. Sadly‚ Ferdinand’s parents died when he was a mere ten years old. But in some ways it was for the better. For he had become page to Queen Leonor at the Portuguese royal court because of his heritage. The queen and all her adversaries admired his exploration work in his later years‚ but that all changed. He lost the favor of the Queen when he left for a voyage without permission. One
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy. His uncle Maffeo and his father Nicolo were both famous merchants. Marco Polo was educated in literacy skills and arithmetic. He also had a good knowledge of Italian and French. Marco became famous because of his journey to Cathay and his worked with Kublai Khan and also his splendid book called "The travels of Marco Polo". In 1260‚ when Marco was six years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They
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‘The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the most important cause in the outbreak of WW1. How far do you agree?’ There were many causes of the First World War. In this essay I am trying to see how much impact the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand had in the run up to war. On June the 28th 1914‚ Gavirilo Princip along with two other students living in Serbia were waiting in the crowd‚ watching Franz Ferdinand‚ who was to be the future ruler of Austria-Hungary. One of the students
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Marco Polo‚ a thirteenth century Venetian explorer‚ documented his expeditions with the aid of a writer named Rustichello in the novel The Travels of Marco Polo. The novel provides insight about the many places he traveled to in the Middle East and Asia as well as Kubilai Khan‚ a leader of the Mongol Empire. Although Polo describes places that are different from Venice in many ways‚ his observation of cities and government under Kubilai Khan reveal inherently Venetian ideals. Good governance is
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 into a rich Venetian merchant family‚ just North of Italy. When he was 17 years old‚ he left with his father and uncle on a journey to China‚ which lasted 3.5 years. Once he was there‚ he immersed himself in Chinese culture and language. He was impressed by their inventions‚ such as gunpowder‚ porcelain‚ and paper money. He went from governor‚ to a tax collector‚ to having an official seat in the Khan’s privy court. He stayed in China for 17 years before starting his trip
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The Achievement of Desire by Richard Rodriguez In Richard Rodriguez The Achievement of desire‚ he had grown up in a minority group / family being a Mexican-American ‚ who on entering school was barely able to speak English ‚ but then mastered the art of speaking English that one day his teacher had remarked that he was losing all traces of a Spanish accent. He considered himself to be success even to become known as a “scholar boy” and additionally prized student‚ his earlier teachers the nuns
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