and published what he saw. Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254. At age 17‚ Marco Polo travelled to China with his father and his uncle on the Silk Road. Along the trip Marco Polo took notes and kept a journal. Marco Polo was attracted and loved the jade stone. They met the emperor Kublai Khan in China. Marco Polo‚ his father‚ and his uncle served in Kublai Khan court for 17 years. When he got back home to Venice‚ he described to the Venetians all about China and astonished them. He later published
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The Xia Dynasty The first prehistoric dynasty is said to be Xia‚ from about the twenty-first to the sixteenth century B.C. Xia-dynasty was founded by the Si-clan‚ who were descendants of the clan’s foundation father‚ Yu. Because of the lack of written sources‚ historians have still not gained a correct idea of how the people lived at that time. According to the later tradition‚ Yu spent thirteen years to dig out channels and maintain dikes. When emperor Shun died‚ the officials disagreed with the
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Chinese clothing is an important part of their culture. Although China no longer dresses in their older more traditional styles‚ the traditional garments are still worn for holidays and ceremonies. There have been many historical changes in Chinese clothing‚ and the Chinese style choices vary depending on what region is being scrutinized. Hanfu is a term that includes all traditional Chinese dress worn prior to Manchurian and western influences. All Chinese citizens living under the Ming dynasty
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gave Romans a steady source of food year round‚ because if wheat was offseason out west‚ it may be in season in the east. Rome and China also had precious stones that were very valuable in trade. The Roman Empire had iron‚ gold‚ and marble; China had jade‚ gold‚ silver‚ and copper. Along with arable farmland‚ animals were and are an important part
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PHYSICS IV ECO CLOCK Investigatory Project SY 2011-2012 Submitted to: Mrs. Josalyn Ungos Submitted by: Group IV Fourth Year – Our Lady of Guadalupe Dela Cruz‚ Jensine Beatrice Diamante‚ Christine Jade Cruz‚ Chinny Marie Elumbaring‚ Ericka Joy Dajac‚ Sacha Bianca The researchers named their project as “Eco Clock.” They chose to investigate on this project because they are aiming to promote the use the natural resources as a source of electricity. They were able
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conditioning was a blessing on my skin. When we first arrived‚ we stayed in a Best Western hotel by the river that made really good cheesy omelets. After two weeks‚ we rented a dull‚ brown house in a neighborhood near where I live now. It had thick fluffy jade colored carpet in the basement‚ petite bedrooms‚ an overrun backyard‚ and a painfully small
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out. Designs became more understated and traditional and taylored looking. Along came Poodle pins‚ Christmas Tree pins and other Christmas jewelry. Charm bracelets became popular along with chunky bangle bracelets. Included in this period were opals‚ jade and rhinestones. Note also in this period body jewelry came into style. In the 18th century jewelers began making costume jewelry with inexpensive glass; in the 19th century semi-precious material for costume jewelry came to market. Thus costume jewelry
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1. How does the Stone Monkey become King? The Stone Monkey becomes king when he climbs to the top of mountain with a group of other monkeys. When they reach the top they see a waterfall. One of the monkeys proclaims that whoever finds the source of the water fall should be appointed king. Stone monkey speaks up and says that he will do it. So he jumps through and comes back which makes him king. 2. What does the Stone Monkey see on the other side of the waterfall? The Stone Monkey found a house
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There were many various civilizations in Mesoamerica approximately 3000 to 500 years ago. Though they were different civilizations‚ they had some similarities. One may think that ancient civilizations could not have been as advanced as we are today. Yet‚ who knows? They might have even been more advanced than we are in modern times in many various fields such as Inventing‚ Astronomy‚ Mathematics‚ Technology‚ Art‚ and maybe even more. Religion portrayed an important role in early Mesoamerican civilizations
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Michael Jonathan R. Dazo 11132957 Humalit As I read the poem entitled “On Hearing Her Play the Harp” for the first time‚ I got surprised of the fact that the poem has only four lines and that the words were pretty simple and easy to understand for first time readers but in fact the poem had a deeper and a more interesting meaning behind it. At my initial reading with no little or no research at all‚ I visualized everything as a white young pretty woman who comes from a rich and powerful family
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