Marco Polo grew up with a Venetian family in a trading environment. Polo‚ a highly educated individual‚ lives on in history as one of the greatest explorers of the 13th and 14th century. He traversed the Far East while keeping a detailed account of everything he experienced. His enthusiasm towards traveling‚ inspired by his family‚ propelled him to the accomplishments scholars remember him for today. Scholars utilize many of his maps‚ textbooks‚ and history lessons around the world. Polo lived a
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I read the book Delirium by Lauren Oliver‚ I thought the book was a very interesting and great read. Delirium set place in the near future but changed the history which made it a dystopian novel and i personally think it was very interesting the way they changed the thoughts and views of citizens to fit with the plot. This book was 441 pages and had very exciting twists and turns which made it go by fast! Lauren Oliver writes in a very understandable way so when reading this book i felt like someone
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 into a rich Venetian merchant family‚ just North of Italy. When he was 17 years old‚ he left with his father and uncle on a journey to China‚ which lasted 3.5 years. Once he was there‚ he immersed himself in Chinese culture and language. He was impressed by their inventions‚ such as gunpowder‚ porcelain‚ and paper money. He went from governor‚ to a tax collector‚ to having an official seat in the Khan’s privy court. He stayed in China for 17 years before starting his trip
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my liking. I only discovered Polo when my family moved 10 minutes away from the Accra Polo Club in Ghana. The Accra Polo Club was located in a prime spot of Accra‚ the capital of Ghana‚ and had a long history. The Club was founded even before Ghana gained its independence‚ making it one of the oldest clubs in Ghana. The club held exhibition games every weekend where non-members were allowed watch. When I was 14‚ I watched my first adrenaline-filled polo game. The game was fast paced and
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The Travels of Marco Polo and the Reception of Kublai Kahn Marco Polo was a Venetian Christian diplomat that gained the trust of one of the most powerful men in history: Kublai Khan. The book outlines the assimilation of one man into Mongol culture. The Mongols were very accepting of other cultures so cases like these are far from rare. One other example is the Flemish Monk Willem van Ruysbroeck’s first hand account of the Mongols. In both pieces of literature you see the culture of the Mongol Empire
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy. His uncle Maffeo and his father Nicolo were both famous merchants. Marco Polo was educated in literacy skills and arithmetic. He also had a good knowledge of Italian and French. Marco became famous because of his journey to Cathay and his worked with Kublai Khan and also his splendid book called "The travels of Marco Polo". In 1260‚ when Marco was six years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They
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Culture Marco Polo the great explorer of the 13th and 14th century set out on a journey through the Mongol Empire during which he wrote The Book of Ser Marco Polo. During his journey he documented the marvels of his travels such as the city of Kinsay(Hangchow)‚ a large city inherited by the Yuan Dynasty after great conquests. Polo expressed the city as a “City of Heaven” because of its modernism and elegance while traveling through the city. The significance of The Book of Ser Marco Polo is that he
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Photographer Lauren Greenfield believes that “personal brands are created on camera‚” and through the creation of social media‚ this has become easier than ever before. Through apps like Instagram‚ Snapchat‚ and Twitter‚ celebrities are able to manipulate their reality to create a brand‚ and showcase this brand to create a strong following‚ which some‚ such as Greenfield‚ akin to a cult. From One Direction and their “Directioners‚” to Lady Gaga and her “Monsters‚” to James Charles’s “sisters”‚ these
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Organisational Structure Introduction I am writing this report for organisational structures which are different structures based on different categories in the business. For example a business like Volkswagen base their structure around the products as the products needs the most attention and all departments have to be involved in the production of the vehicles. My two businesses are Apple and the NHS. The reason why I have chosen apple is because I believe Apple have a small basic structure which helps
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1.1 Compare and contrast Gregg’s organisational structure and culture with another organisation of your choice The two businesses’ which I will be comparing include; Greggs PLC (public limited company)‚ which utilises the “divisional structure” (bakeryinfo.co.uk‚ 2008) and Tesco’s PLC (public limited company)‚ which utilises the “functional structure”. Functional – The functional structure is an organisational structure type which sees the business’s employees’ grouped depending on their hierarchical
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