Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant that had an extraordinary life. As a young adult‚ Marco would begin a monumental journey that would span continents and would solidify his place in history. His story would become wildly popular and spark many imaginations when it was dictated to and written down by Rustichello da Pisa‚ in The Travels of Marco Polo (c.1300). Along with his father and uncle‚ Marco set out for the seat of Kublai Khan at Khanbaliq‚ Cathay. During the 17 years Marco was in Kublai’s
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Throughout the 13th century world‚ the Mongols constantly showed displays of continuous violence‚ drinking‚ brutality and unfair treatment. They were considered to be savages‚ and people who lived far beyond what we would know as a “civilized world.” They single handedly became one of‚ if not the most powerful empires to have existed‚ building their empire through violent and barbaric manors. The Mongols were very barbaric people‚ for they portrayed many inhumane and mannerless actions while their
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Compare/Contrast Rome Roman and Mongol Empire are renowned for their vast territory. However structural problems had been visible in them even at the height of their power‚ which later on led to a decline. Even though the two societies were ascendant in different historical periods‚ there were some similarities between the cause of their demise. Nonetheless‚ these are some factors that led to the decline of Rome; financial military exhaustion‚ failure of leadership‚ separate and independent
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The Mongols ruled China and Russia‚ yet the effect of their rule in China and Russia‚ while in some ways similar‚ was quite different‚ politically and economically. Genghis Khan‚ born in the 1770s‚ was elected khagan (a title of imperial rank) of all Mongol tribes in 1206. Kubilai Khan‚ Genghis Khan’s grandson‚ was the commander of the Mongol forces responsible for the conquest of China; he became khagan in 1260. Kubilai Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty. Batu‚ the ruler of the Golden Horde of the dynasty
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Unbeknownst to themselves‚ the Amorites set the model for future land-hungry nomadic groups to follow. Notably‚ the Mongolians in the 13th century followed in the steps of the Amorites to realize a comparable demographic shift. Although both Amorites and Mongols alike were able to succeed in their goals of conquest in their respective regions‚ their relative success in empire building afterwards varied greatly. One significant perceptible phenomenon that can be used to compare and contrast the two groups
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Did Marco Polo travel to China? Have you ever told a story about yourself and each time you told that story‚ you might have changed a few details to become more suitable? On the other hand‚ have you ever told a story and left out several parts of it because you overlooked the details since it was not that interesting or funny to you‚ so you did not see it fitting to express it to others? Then eventually‚ people start wondering‚ did your story truly happen. Well‚ this is what happen to Marco Polo
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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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and used their power most effectively was the Mongol dynasty. They used their power to take over a large plot of land while still maintaining power within their dynasty. Prior to the 1200s‚ the Mongols were nomadic people. They were split into groups with very different ideas. So‚ getting them to join together as one civilization was no easy
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settled communities (Vikings and Mongols) Between the eighth and fourteenth centuries‚ the domestication of the horse and the development of sailing ships made it possible for raiding people to attack on settled societies. Vikings and Mongols were these two nomadic tribes who started to settle on certain territories. Vikings are Scandinavians seafaring traders‚ warriors and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late 8th to the 11th century. Mongols were a tribe ruled the largest
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Thus empires cannot be considered uniform‚ but rather flexible‚ despite their influence from past practices. The Mongols embraced the differences of their people as a means to establish a militarily-focused‚ mobile and self-sufficient empire‚ establishing their positioning as the largest land empire. Thus‚ whilst the Mongols bore similarity to other empires in terms of conquest through intimidation and violence‚ they differed in terms of religious and cultural freedom
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