Marco Polo is considered by most to be the most important link between Europe and China in the 13th century. His accounts of the Eastern world had an immense impact on Western thinking and life in Europe. Marco Polo was born in 1254 to a noble family in Venice‚ which was at that time an independent city-state in northern Italy. Marco had a typical education of a young man of his time1. At age 15‚ he had already studied many of the classical authors and understood the Bible and theology of the
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EVALUARE ÎN EDUCAŢIE Limba Engleză Etapa I – 19.11.2011 7th grade – 5th year of study Timpul efectiv de lucru este de 120 minute. Punctaj total: 100 puncte. Nu se acordă puncte din oficiu. I. VOCABULARY (25p) Circle the correct answer: Example: The four ……………... of the year are: spring‚ summer‚ autumn and winter. a) days b) months c) seasons 2p 1. The day before Christmas is called Christmas ……………… . a) Eve b) Evening c) Saturday Look into the oven and see if the ………….is ready. a) cake b) soup
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detail in the short story “Uncle Marcos”‚ written by Isabel Allende‚ significantly
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4th hour 26 January 2016 Spain and Typically‚ when a country has a king and queen and some money‚ they are a good country. They’re good in battle and have lots of nice things. Spain however was the opposite. Once Ferdinand and Isabella started ruling they changed everything. Ferdinand and Isabella were known as the best rulers Spain had because they turned Spain into a very powerful and wealthy country. Before ruling Isabella grew up in a family that is a lot like the families seen today.She was
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Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta Centuries ago the world of traveling over sea was something un known to man. It was seen as crazy because only the bravest of brave did it. The reasons were because you put your life and health at risk. The possibilities of dying were too high‚ and most just didn’t travel over sea because of that simple fact. Two of the most famous world travelers in the pre-modern period were Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta. Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta were both European Explorers who sailed
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On August 10th 1519‚ explorer Ferdinand Magellan set out from Sanlúcar de Barrameda Spain with a fleet of five ships in pursuit of discovering a western sea route to the Spice Islands of Molluca in East Asia. There was a crew of 270 men on five ships known as the The San Antonio‚ Trinidad‚ Conception‚ Santiago‚ and the Vittoria. During the 99 day expedition they crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached South America a month later. The voyage was long and dangerous‚ many died from starvation‚ conflict
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Marco Polo Marco Polo was a Venetian explorer who travelled through Central Asia and China. Although the exact place and time is unknown‚ he was born in 1254 and later died in 1324. His mother died after giving birth to him‚ therefore his aunt and uncle raised him for most of his life. Marco Polo learned how to read and write as a child‚ he was very educated for his age. His father and uncle were both merchants‚ and became very wealthy by trading goods with the Middle East. He was seventeen when
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Uncle Marcos Every time Uncle Marcos visits his sister’s house Nivea‚ he brings his strange staff with him. He tries to do experiment‚ discovers new materials and practise new exercises that turns everything in the house upside down everyone in the house is not always happy for his long stay except for Clara who always enjoys his stories‚ reads his books and always remembers every single name of the things he saw or met in his travels. This helped her to be better in her ability to expect the future
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were fired on Sarajevo Street in June 28th 1914. The two victims were the archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ who was the heir to the throne of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and his wife Sophie. Archduke Ferdinand was unpopular because he told the people that once he became Emperor he would make changes and he also married Sophie who was counted as a lower class. They were visiting Sarajevo because Archduke Ferdinand was asked by his father to go make a speech to the Bosnians about how to improve relations
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exactly played a role in their different outcomes? Was it maturity? Age? Was it the bond or lack of with a parent? Although birthed from the same mind‚ these couples faced destinies completely different from the other. The “island dreamers” are Ferdinand and Miranda from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. They are called the “island dreamers” because of the fact that they met on an island and their dreams do not stray from the other. This couple met by chance. Miranda was stranded since the age of three
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