Questions 1. What reaction was carried out in this lab and what reagents were used? 2. What techniques were used to purify and identify the product of the reaction? 3. Describe acid-base extraction and how it was being used in this experiment? 4. Describe recrystallization and how it was being used in this experiment? 5. Describe mixed melting point and how it was being used in this experiment? 6. What was the identity of the unknown acid? 7. What yield and percent yield were obtained?…
and prosperity of the Silk Road. Together these two basic principles of wealth and a lust for knowledge drove the forces that changed European and Asian civilization forever. Geography Coined through the observations of the German geographer Ferdinand von Richtofen, the Silk Road was a series of trade routes stretching from the Mediterranean and the empires of Western Europe to Eastern civilization…
for their incredible enterprises and their awesome finds of different nations. Marco Polo was one of those men who have braved dangerous oceans and steaming deserts. He voyaged all over India and China. He about looked all of the lands around Europe. His father had a great influence in his future when he was a child on the grounds that his dad was a merchant and his father traveling all over the world influence Marco Polo to wind up the considerable traveler he is known as today.Marco was a…
Marco Polo who was a Venetian merchant traveler lived in the Venice Republic. The travels of Marco Polo was recorded by Messer Rustichello of Pisa when Marco Polo was in prison in Genoa in 1298 (Polo Travels extract 1). As the book record, when Marco Polo stayed in China, The book records the Asian wonders and curiosities and Marco Polo’s journey and experience. “It is no exaggeration to say that never before or since has one man given such an immense body of new geographical knowledge to the…
Marco Polo`s history and his Influence in the age of exploration? Marco Polo was one of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to Asia during the Middle Ages. Marco polo traveled farther than anyone during his 24-year journey along the Silk Road, reaching China and Mongolia where he became a friend of Kublai Khan. 4 Marco Polo is a well known explorer from venice in Italy. He was Born around 1254 in Venice and he Died January 8 1324 Venice. Marco's uncle and father were…
Marco! Polo! Have you ever played that familiar pool game? Well the game was actually inspired by a famous explore. Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy in 124. He was a famous explorer who traveled the silk road, from Venice, all the way to Asia. He inspired famous people like Christopher Columbus. Christopher even had a copy of Marco’s book with him while on his travels to the new world. In 1254, in Venice, Italy Marco Polo was born. His father was Niccolό Polo and his mother was Nicole Anna…
Marco Polo was born in 1254 to a wealthy Venetian merchant family in Venice, Italy. His mother died when he was very young and his father, Niccolo Polo, and uncle, Maffeo Polo, were successful jewel merchants. As a result, they spent much of their time traveling throughout Asia for most of Marco’s childhood. Consequentially, Polo had no parents for much of his youth and was raised by his extended family. While they were traveling in Asia, Marco’s father and uncle traveled to China, here they…
called Marco Polo on Netflix. The TV series is based on the famous Westerner Marco Polo’s adventures in Kublai Khan’s court 13th century Mongolia. As glorious the name sounds, Kublai Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan who united all the Mongols. Unlike his grandfather, Kublai Khan conquered China and became the first Mongol to rule over the entire country what became known as the Yuan Dynasty. As a matter of fact, after watching the series I was left fascinated by the history behind Marco…
According to an account of the explorer Marco Polo there various traits of Mongolia and China that were similar to those of the civilizations of Europe. When Marco Polo travel across the Silk Roads to Mongolia and China, which was under the ruling of Kublai Khan, he stayed in the city of Kinsay. In Kinsay, Marco Polo observed that in the city there were twelve guilds which specialized in different crafts and that each of those…
tell. That man, is Marco Polo, a man of imagination and adventure. Marco Polo was an astounding and influential traveler, author, and servant of a powerful emperor in medieval times. Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant believed to have journeyed across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire (MARCO POLO HISTORY.com). Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy. Little is known about Marco’s early years (Marco Polo britannica.com). He was born into a prosperous, merchant family (MARCO POLO HISTORY.com).…