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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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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In the home of Texas‚ there were this innocent little girls that are living in scarce and shivering days and her name is Lauren Kavanaugh. it has been 15 years since she was torture and starving in the closet of her home and living a miserable life. she still have a flashback of horror and 6 year of ordeal.she went to Dr.Phil and told him that she cant sleep and trying to kill herself 30 time. Furthermore‚ At the age from 2 through 8 she been kept in the closet that are roughly 4-by-8
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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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from god to travel west to the blessed isles. He lived on an island known as Canada today. He taught Indians many things including agriculture. Marco Polo had an influence on others from his long dangerous but successful journeys to China. In 1477‚ the Caxton press was invented. This invention is what made Marco Polo’s book‚ The Travels of Marco Polo so popular. Hence influencing others to travel west‚ such as Christopher
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Chewing Gums with 31% people voting it as No 1. Reason for purchasing Polo As per the sample data‚ most prominent reason for purchasing Polo is as follows – “It acts as a mouth freshener” with 42% people endorsing this reason for purchasing Polo. 23% of the people purchase Polo considering it as a “Just for fun” consumable item and 15% of the people consume Polo “To avoid bad breath”. Since the total percentage of people purchasing Polo either as a Mouth Freshener or for avoiding bad breath or after
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Marco Polo Marco Polo was born between 1254 and 1324 and thought to have journeyed across Asia and during the time of the Mongol Empire. A majority of the history and biography surrounding Polo was centered on the travels he made with his father especially considering that he had begun his explorations at the age of seventeen. The travel was later called the Silk Road and played a significant role in understanding the impact that the man’s life had in appreciating aspect of the Venetian history.
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Chapter 5 18. a. What defense should Lauren Yost and Co. use in the suit by Stuart? Contributory negligence appears to be the best defense against Stuart. The president personally verified the procedure of counting inventory on different days at different locations and thus signed off on the method. This could’ve hide the overstatement of inventory from the auditor. Also‚ Yost had no influence over this internal control weakness. b. What defense should Lauren Yost and Co. use in the suit by First
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