there be a commander of a hundred thousand between whom and the Khan there is a distance of sunrise and sunset‚ and if he but commit some fault‚ the Khan dispatches a single horseman to punish him” (Doc: 4). A document from the perspective of one of the conquered civilizations would be very useful because it would give insight on how events took place. The Mongol leaders also contributed greatly to their success. Khan (known as Great Khan)‚ the very powerful military leader‚ didn’t tolerate the defiance
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Invisible Empire: The Power of Language and Metaphor in Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities by Sara Beth Seay Departmental Honors Thesis The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga English Project Director: Dr. Gregory O’Dea Examination Date: 5 May 2007 Dr. Craig Barrow‚ Dr. Matthew Guy‚ Dr. Robert Marlowe‚ Dr. Gregory O’Dea Examining Committee Signatures: _________________________________________________________ Project Director _________________________________________________________
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emotional richness in our lives Kubla khan poem The pleasure-dome encloses which of the following Gardens and forest What is unusual about the sacred river Alph It goes underground. the speaker in “Kubla Khan” describes a vision he has had The overall mood of the poem could not be described as Apathetic In the stanza beginning on line 12‚ the speaker describes the pleasure-dome as Haunted and wild How does the pleasure-dome come into existence? Kubla khan orders it built In which line
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Problems of National Integration between East and West Pakistan Purpose of this section This section covers the problems of national integration between East and West Pakistan. It introduces candidates to the: Language Movement Emerging disparities between the two wings of Pakistan‚ in terms of economic development‚ deface and other sectors. Summary Between 1947 and 1956‚ the language issue created tension between the people of East and West Pakistan. But it was only one example of the
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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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documents by grouping them in one‚ two or three ways Identifies one type of appropriate additional document. Document 1 The Secret History of the Mongols‚ 13th Century‚ compiled from Mongol Oral Traditions After this in the Year of the Sheep Chingis Khan set out to fight the people of Cathay (the Chin Empire in north China). First he took the city of Fu-chou then marching through the Wild Fox Pass he took Hsuan-te-fu. From here he sent out an army under Jebe’s command to take the fortress at Chu-yung
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come and gone. Of all of these empires‚ the Mongol is the greatest of all them. This was thanks to their advancements at the time in engineering‚ military organization‚ and leadership. The Mongol empire started in 1206 in Central Asia when Ghengus khan grew to power. The empire expanded very quickly‚ and the Mongols took over land by invading empires nearby. The expansion of the Mongol empire would connect the eastern and western parts of Asia‚ which would allow trade of technology‚ ideas‚ and goods
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civilization he found interesting was located in Cathay (China)‚ which was controlled by Kublai Khan of the Mongols. Even though Marco Polo’s travels may seem skeptical
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recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde‚ a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned the mercantile trade from his father and uncle‚ Niccolò and Maffeo‚ who traveled through Asia‚ and apparently met Kublai Khan. In 1269‚ they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia‚ returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned‚ and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He was
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once lived. In addition‚ he has also inspired many other explorers to go out and see the world and witness all the rich culture Polo once experienced. It was first Polo’s father‚ Nicolo Polo and uncle‚ Maffeo who visited China and met with emperor Khan; who was the ruler of China at that time. He liked both of the explorers and decided to treat them with much honor. According to Manuel Komroff who wrote the book‚ The Travels of Marco Polo Revised from Marsden’s Translation‚ the emperor wanted them
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