Topic 2: In the Prologue to The Travel of Marco Polo the author claims that his book is "an accurate record"�‚ free from any sort of fabrication"�. Is this Statement true? How reliable and useful is this book as a source of historical information (Support your answer with evidence from the primary sources)? Marco Polo has discovered much of central Asia. Over the years many manuscripts‚ evolve around the controversial issue‚ on whether Marco Polo did go to China. How accurate his account and reliability
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Summer Reading Essay In the research/analysis novel Day of Empire‚ the author‚ Amy Chua‚ discusses her thesis of how hyperpowers (empires or nations that had a command that stretched to all corners of the known world in the known world of their respective times) all rose to dominance through tolerance and fell in power through intolerance. Through the introduction and Part One‚ Chua effectively communicates how the various hyperpowers of history all rose in might through their effective and strategic
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butchering people and some scholars even compared him to Hitler. The real character of Genghis Khan‚ however‚ is far more intriguing. How did this illiterate outcast turn the feuding tribes of Mongolia into a powerful nation? And how did he transform the Mongol hordes into a ruthless and disciplined fighting machine? Snapshot of Genghis Khan Genghis Khan was born with the name of Temujin in 1165 on the banks of the river Onon. When he was 9 years old‚ he met his father’s death‚ poisoned by Tatars
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After the death of Charlemagne the Normans invented the long boat. These new boats could sail out into the ocean; as was important for the Normans because they were a society based on trade and warriors. The long boat journeys also brought capitalism back to Europe. At this time the Muslims controlled the Italian peninsula‚ and in 1029 the Normans defeated the Muslim Navy to gain control of the Italy. They also brought capitalism to the Italy and did away with agricultural manors. The manors were
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38. A society is almost certainly a civilization if.. It is agricultural 39. The Neolithic Revolution occurred first in The middle east 40. Which of the following is not a feature of Sumerian Civilization? A simplified alphabet of 22 letters 42. Jewish monotheism.. - emphasized the power and abstraction of God 43. the development of writing.. - helps explain why government could become more formal and bureaucratic 44. the "son of heaven" concept was designed to promote all
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Mongols and Barbarians 1. Which sources have historians relied upon to make judgments about the steppe civilizations? Why does the author think this is a problem? Most of the sources that historians relied upon to make judgments about the steppe civilizations are not objective; they are one-sided‚ biased accounts written by members of civilized societies who were at war with these Mongols. This is a problem because these authors tended to condemn and denigrate the way their barbarian opponents
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great combat products like‚ fire throwers‚ property mines‚ simple hands grenades and dangerous gasoline covers (Lubigbig‚ 2012). These were very helpful tools during the the Song Dynasty. Gunpowder enabled the Chinese to hold off the Mongols for years. Eventually the Mongols were able to seize Chinese gunpowder makers and turn gunpowder back on the Chinese (Lubigbig‚ 2012). The Chinese gunpowder specialists were taken to work for the
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Bertrand Russell did attempt a solution of sorts to Nazi barbarism and outrage. Russell solutions are consumed with industrialism as a product of science‚ amendments to the moral code‚ psychology of the masses‚ and the human condition. First‚ industrialism is the largest product of scientific advancement. The progression did not lead to “any violent breach in continuity” and therefore placed no “psychological stresses” on the common man. People were still free to choose: “the old way…remain[ing]
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It helped build many civilization into leading world powers. It open the way for them to become economic powers and provided them the ability to expand. The biggest example of this was the Mongols. Their territory was prime real-estate to profit from the trade industry. They used this to their advantage and guarded the roadways to insure the trade industry was fruitful. They were large promoters of the Silk Roads because they would collect
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The Rise of Marco Polo Marco Polo was a renaissance era Venetian merchant who has changed world travel in his time era and our era by not only exploring other parts of the world but also documenting his travels to china for all to read. I. Marco Polo A. Born in 1254‚ died in 1324‚ Venetian merchant‚ mother died while he was young‚ didn’t meet dad until he was 17‚ traveled china and documented his travels. B. Italy was separated into 4 regions‚ polo was from the east region of Venice
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