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    The Travels of Marco Polo

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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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    traded regularly with Orient. They had spent a lot of time in Constantinople‚ Crimea and around the Balkans. When Marco was six years old‚ his father and uncle set out on their trip to Far East. In 1265‚ they arrived at the court of Kublai Khan‚ the Mongol emperor who ruled over two thirds of Asia and asked them to bring 100 European priests to his court. In 1269‚ Nicolo and Maffeo polo returned to Venice‚ and they had known that Marco’s mother had died while they were on their journey. In 1271‚ Marco

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    Black Death and Silk Road

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    quickly turned in to a pathway for the trade of knowledge. Goods were not the only thing traded on the Silk Road though so was disease. The most notable was the Bubonic Plague‚ or in layman’s terms the Black plague. The plague originated from the Mongols and spread westward with the help of the Silk Road. With so many merchants from all over the spread was inevitable. Whether goods were carried from animal or boat the plague was transferred from one man to the next. Anything that reached the Silk

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    History of Kazakhstan

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    (940-1212) the first Muslim Turkic state was formed. 8. At that period there were a lot of flourishing cities (Otrar‚ Suzak‚ Sauran‚ Djent and others) with a high level of culture‚ developed trade and handicrafts on the territory of Kazakhstan. 9. The mongol invasion into the Central Asia led by Chingizkhan started at the beginning of the XIII century. 10. In 1218 Chingizkhan conquered Semirechie and started the siege of Otrar‚ which did not surrender to him; after six months of defense Otrar surrendered

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    additionally to Europe having the same effect on Asia‚ gradually shaped both cultures. Goods were not the only interactions along the Silk Road. One of the major tragedies in the Eastern Hemisphere was the Bubonic Plague. The Plague originated from the Mongols and spread westward along the Silk Road. The Silk Road had many merchants from all over the continent so the spread of the disease was inevitable. The luxury goods that came from Asia were often carried long distances either by animal or by boat‚

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    Marco Polo Background

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    years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They had to change their route because a war had began. Nicolo and his brother reached Bukhara where they stayed for three years. Kublai Khan the great Mongol Emperor heard about them and invited them to visit him. So‚ Nicolo and Maffeo crossed the Gobi

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    system. He also spread a lot of great inventions‚ for example‚ silk and paper. This is how he is great and how he changed the world. The first thing I will be talking about is how he was able to conquer a lot of Asia and unite it. He united the Mongols which was a big step because if he has a bigger army he can conquer more easily. He was very good at figuring out the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy to easily beat them. The military had good practice and daily drills to keep them sharp and

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    Marco Polo Research Paper

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    Have you ever wondered who traveled around the world? I am writing this research paper because I always wanted to write a research paper about someone who traveled around the world and read and write about why they did. Marco Polo traveled around the world because he wanted to explore. Marco Polo was born on September 15‚ 1254‚ Venice‚ Italy. Marco Polo had a mother named Nicole Anna Defuseh‚ a father names Niccolo Polo‚ a uncle named Maffeo Polo‚ three daughters named Fantina Polo‚ Moreta Polo

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    and that those who commit evil acts should be punished. In order to ease the strain on the poor Zhu ordered a full scale registration of cultivated land and population so that labor service and tax could be assessed more fairly. Zhu also welcomed Mongols in his Dynasty. One of Zhu Yuanzhang’s main concerns was to restore agricultural production‚ which had been interrupted during the war. He encouraged farmers that had fled during the fighting to come back and open up new land. Zhu also advocated

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    All over the world empires have arisen‚ they are unique‚ different‚ and in some ways the same. How they came to be is always an interesting tale‚ from the very first people who had a vision for the future to the more recent ones who take care of that vision. The large centers in the world now were once just the beginnings of a village or small town. And in similar ways the Ottoman and Spanish empires were built up‚ but there are many differences between the two. Both the Ottomans and the Spanish

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