The Travels of Marco Polo My ignorance and general distaste for history are likely to blame‚ but I‚ for one‚ was surprised to learn that Marco Polo is an actual person. Of course‚ I figured there was some significance to the phrase beyond its use as a swimming pool game‚ where a blindfolded individual closes their eyes‚ calls out‚ “Marco‚” and tries to tag other players by tracking down their mandatory responses of‚ “Polo.” That the significance was a name‚ however‚ surprised me indeed. I would
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The Mongols: How Barbaric are the Barbarians? Who are the Mongols really? The Mongols had an empire that existed during the 13th and 14th centuries AD‚ and was the largest continuous land empire in human history lead by a great ruler called Genghis Khan. For centuries they have been remembered as a brutal tribe of nomadic barbarians who were a serious threat to people and civilization throughout Asia and Europe‚ so how barbaric are the barbarians exactly? What does barbaric mean anyways? Barbaric
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CHENNAI EXPRESS Chennai Express is a 2013 Indian romantic action comedy film[4][3] directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Gauri Khan under the banner Red Chillies Entertainment.[7] The film features Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. This is the second collaboration between Khan and Padukone after the 2007 blockbuster Om Shanti Om and the first between Khan and Rohit Shetty. Chennai Express is about a man’s journey from Mumbai to Rameshwaram and what happens along the way after he falls
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CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT: CREATING COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AMONG CONSUMERS ABSTRACT This paper analyses the various effects of celebrity endorsements on consumer buying behavior through a descriptive study. With a sample size of 100‚ top of mind awareness of various brand endorsed by a celebrity was explored. It also analyses cognitive dissonance among consumers‚ various factors which influence consumer buying behavior and whether any downfall in the celebrity’s image also affects or brings down the
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harm than good when compared to the economic practices of the empire. As the Mongol Empire began around the end of the golden age‚ the Mongols used their merciless and violent soldiers to acquire an area larger than present day United States. Mongol khans had unified fragmented China and brought stability and order to the area. However‚ the Mongols‚ particularly under the rule of Genghis Than‚ had committed various large scale massacres that lowered their reputation. For example‚ in the 13th century
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MONGOL ESSAY During the early thirteenth century Chinggis Khan and his following successors helped forge various tribes in to a powerful alliance that built the largest empire the world has ever seen. The Mongolian empire reached great in size in such a short period of time. This was basically because of the sturdy Mongol army and many efficient policies the Khan family established. The Mongols were very knowledgeable in military tactics. There empire had a strong sense of unity‚ helping the empire
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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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the Franks similate in many different ways that lead to such rapid conquest throughout different regions in the world. Some of the similarities were how both of the famous rulers‚ Charlemagne (Franks) and Genghis Khan (Mongols) divided up their land to family descendants such as Kublai Khan. Some main areas in which they differ is through their way of living‚ culture and there religions that they practiced and allowed to be practiced such as Christianity and Islam. The Mongols and Franks have similar
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The Mongol empire was a large empire which was mainly started by Genghis Khan in 1206. This empire has expanded over many years and even continued its strength with following leaders or khanates. Some of the effects of Mongol expansion include increased violence and more secure trading and industry. Also‚ settled societies of Eurasia responded to this empire in accordance to their religion and trade. These effects of Mongol expansion along with the response of Eurasian societies make some of the
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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 had to change their route because a war had began. Nicolo and his brother reached Bukhara where they stayed for three years. Kublai Khan the great Mongol Emperor heard about them and invited them to visit him. So‚ Nicolo and Maffeo crossed the Gobi
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