Ancient Indians were not known to have a great sense of history. Historians have had to rely a lot on accounts by foreign travellers and foreign sources to reconstruct our history. And all such sources‚ including Megasethenes‚ Fa-hsien and many medieval Arab travellers‚ have uniformly found that Indians were remarkably law abiding and that crime was very rare. Most historians including A.L. Basham and recent writers like Abraham Eraly have treated such rosy accounts with suspicion merely because
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mostly positive reactions than those settled societies whose interactions were not as great as those who did having negative points of view for the Mongols. Mongols dominated according to their relationship. While in the document of Marco Polo (Document 2) reporting on his travels through Persia‚ it shows the admiration he had for the Mongols for pacifying trade. As he praised the Mongols‚ it is to take into considerations that his point of view was biased since he had worked
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especially Latin-American festivities (as at Christmas or for a birthday party). According to Wendy Devlin‚ piñatas may have originated in China. The earliest accountable occurrence of piñatas points to China. The man who discovered piñatas name is Marco Polo. Piñata’s started out in the 14th century‚ in the shape of cows‚ oxen’s‚ and buffaloes celebrating the Chinese New year. Piñata’s became popular in North America in the 16th century by Spanish missionaries‚ using them to attract people to their
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Chelsey Lopez Apush Colonial Era Test Topics: Chapter 1 -7 Causes of Expansion Christian Crusades: control over Holy Land from Muslims‚ exotic delight from asia (silk‚ sugar) Marco Polo: venetian merchant traveler‚ introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China Improvement in navigation tech. Primogeniture: the legal principal that the firstborn to inherit entire estate (property & land) Development of Joint Stock companies: economic arrangement by which number of investors poo their
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Western civilization 1 The Mental World Of Christopher Columbus Supported by Spain‚ seeking a water route to the spice islands in 1492 Christopher Columbus left Spain on his first voyage. After more then a month had passed‚ the crew started to loose all hope and the voyage seemed like a failure. Until on October 12‚ 1492 land was sighted. The land that was sighted was not what Columbus had originally intended to find. Columbus landed in the Caribbean Sea in the Bahamas‚ which was thousands
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premier center of culture. Funded by wealthy patrons‚ figures such as Leonardo Da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ Dante‚ Machiavelli‚ and Galileo‚ among others‚ revolutionized the fields of art‚ literature‚ politics‚ and science. Italian explorers‚ such as Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus‚ introduced Italy and Europe to the rest of the world. Italy remained a center of power until the 16th century‚ when trade routes shifted away from the Mediterranean and the Protestant Reformation resulted in the Catholic
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Mackenzie Schultz Mrs. Linn AP World History 1 September 2012 Ibn Battuta and the Five Pillars In Ross E. Dunn’s novel‚ The Adventures of Ibn Battuta‚ Ibn‚ a 14th century Muslim traveler‚ is influenced by The Five Pillars of Islam in different ways (Dunn 1). The Five Pillars of Islam are Faith (shahada)‚ Prayer (salat)‚ Charity (zakat)‚ Fast‚ and Pilgrimage (hajj). Shahada is the declaration of faith‚ i.e. the professing that there is only one God (Allah) and that Muhammad is God’s messenger
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Environmental issues in Afghanistan Kapisa province Environmental issues in Afghanistan predate the political turmoil of the past few decades. Forests and wetlands have been depleted by centuries of grazing and farming‚ practices which have only increased with modern population growth. In Afghanistan‚ environmental conservation and economic concerns are not at odds; with 80% of the population dependent on herding or farming‚ the welfare of the environment is critical to the economic welfare of
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Dequan Hurey July 16‚ 2012 Chapter 1 Vocabulary 1. Marco Polo – traveled to China and stirred up a storm of European interest 2. Francisco Pizzaro – conquers Incan Empire of Peru and begins shipping tons of gold/silver back to Spain. This huge influx of precious metals made European prices skyrocket (inflation). 3. Ponce de Leon – touches and names Florida looking for legendary Fountain of Youth 4. Montezuma – Aztec king‚ thought Cortez might be the god Quetzalcoatl who was due
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The African slave trade‚ more specifically the Trans Atlantic slave trade as opposed to the East Indian‚ (although both served western ideals) robbed the continent of its most natural‚ essential and irreplaceable asset: its human resources. Those who were captured‚ shipped‚ and sold in the Americas were raped of their family‚ their language‚ their history‚ their culture‚ their ethnicity‚ the very names they carried and their pride for their homeland. Families were separated before even leaving
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