ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO DONE BY: ESHA‚ SHASHANK. HISTORY OF MARCO POLO • Marco Polo was born in 1254. • Before Marco was born‚ his father Niccolo Polo and his uncle Maffeo Polo had gone on a journey to china. • His aunt took care of him and taught him arithmetic or math and to read and write. • The business in the family was to become merchants and traders‚ so his aunt also taught him how to judge products and about foreign money. Making him like business and was his passion. • He died on January
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Marco Polo’s Travels formulated in Europe of the fourteenth and fifteenth century a new perception of the Eastern world‚ a world just as advanced and sophisticated as that of the West. Yet‚ another two centuries were needed for a significant change to take place; this was Christopher Columbus’ voyage. For Christopher Columbus‚ Marco Polo’s travelogue was a valuable and solid resource that contained the necessary details of the East. The geographical descriptions in his writing generated a basis for
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is that they keep fighting through their struggles‚ learn from their mistakes‚ and hold on to that faith to never give up. Marcos Perez has experienced several struggles first hand‚ he has also made several mistakes in his life‚ but he keeps going. It was not until he truly came of age‚ and had a growth in responsibility‚ that he overcame these struggles. Currently‚ Marcos is studying computer science in Farleigh Dickinson University for his second year now. He is in the honors program and is getting
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Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer born in Northern Portugal in 1492. His parents ‚ were very wealthy and powerful and members of the portuguese nobility but died when he was only 10 years old. Before he became an explorer Magellan was first a soldier. During a Battle Magellan lost an eye after being shot in it and was injured and lost his leg‚ the wooden leg given to him didn’t fit properly causing him to walk with a limp. He sailed for his native Portugal‚ but a dispute with the
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1.The history of automobile The first working steam-powered vehicle was probably designed by Ferdinand Verbiest‚ a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. It was a 65 cm-long scale-model toy for the Chinese Emperor‚ that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger. It is not known if Verbiest’s model was ever built. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is widely credited with building the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769; he created a steam-powered tricycle.
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Answers to Textbook Questions Chapter 1 Answers to Problems 1. The market value of production is (300 fish x 1 clamshell each) + (5 boars x 10 clamshells each) + (200 bunches of bananas x 5 clamshells each) = 300 + 50 + 1000 = 1350. Al’s digging bait represents an intermediate service‚ which is not counted in GDP‚ nor is the purchase of an existing asset (mature banana trees) counted in GDP. So the GDP of the island is 1350 clamshells. 2. Value added by each firm is as follows: Intelligence
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Ferdinand vs. Caliban Shakespeare’s The Tempest includes a variety of character personality such as the drunk‚ determined‚ evil-minded‚ love-stricken‚ and intentionally good. Though at first it may not seem so apparent‚ most of the characters’ attributes parallel each other in some aspect. Hidden in the story‚ though present‚ some of Prospero’s qualities compare to Caliban’s. More obviously though‚ were the traits of the two that contrasted. Although there are a few things that link Ferdinand and
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between countries in the early 1900’s. The British submarine‚ The Lusitania‚ had recently been sunk by German submarines and the European powers were not at ease. Then‚ on June 28‚ 1914‚ the archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Archduke Franz Ferdinand should not have been assassinated because his assassination caused World War I and lead to World War II even though some say both wars were not his fault. Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination was a very direct cause of
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leading up to World War l‚ but it wasn’t until June 28‚ 1914 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand triggered World War l. His assassination took place in Sarajevo‚ leading Austria to declare war against Serbia. Austria declaring war to Serbia caused Serbia’s allies to declare war on each other‚ for example France‚ Russia‚ and United Kingdom. From all this chaos World War I began. Franz Ferdinand‚ eldest son of Carl Ludwig‚ the brother of Emperor Franz Josef‚ was born in 1863. He joined the
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In her book did Marco Polo Go to China? (first published by Secker & Warburg‚ London‚ in 1995)‚ Dr Frances Wood claims that Marco did not go to China and that he probably never traveled much further than the family ’s trading post on the Black Sea and in Constantinople. (Rachewiltz) There are many parts of his accounts open to question and criticism. However‚ it was likely that he did get to China. As to whether he personally witnessed all that he said‚ or was favored in the court of Kublai Khan
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