only known to reside within the dark water filled caves of Edward’s Aquifer in Hays County, Texas.5 Thus, this species was discovered by the San Marcos National Fishery, which is now known as Texas State University.5,6 In 1967, Eurycea Rathbuni was listed as an endangered species, and within ten years it was entered into a breeding program at the San Marcos Fish Hatchery.3,6 The Texas Blind Salamander is a Eukaryotic organism that belongs to the Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class:…
as a tool, or as Marcos has put it, “the word is our weapon” (Marcos, 2001). Getting their message out to the people was paramount to gaining support. Every time the movement stated something about the movement, or something related to the movement, or really anything that the EZLN took issue with, there was a response by the Zapatistas. All three of the main phases of the movement are reflected in the spoken and written discourse by the movement’s spokesperson, Subcommander Marcos. This chapter…
am going to start off my source study by giving a detailed description of Marco Polo. Marco Polo was a very important and relevant person in history. He was one of the biggest traders and explorers from the Venetian Republic in the 14th century. He was on the the first people to explore the silk road into China. In my source study I am going to try and tell you what I observed he saw and took note of on his trip. In 1271 Marco and his brother took a trip from venice and headed eastward to meet…
Marco Polo as history goes does not stand out with some of the more historical figures of his time. This has become even more popular in the loosely based TV show that has been released about his life. However, without the writings that Marco Polo left us are the very reason we had people like Christopher Columbus. Marco Polo writings inspired Columbus to make the voyage and open up the world to new things, and create an entire generation of people to want to discover new things and see the…
from Marco polo’s memory. Towards the end of the story, the fifty-five cities made me more and more troubled, as if they were just a city of different character. Marco polo visited Kublai Khan when he was 21 years old at 1,275 A.D. In 1279 the Yuan Dynasty unified the whole China to establish the seventh Chinese Dynasty. Western countries have send numerous messengers to meet with Kublai Khan, but Khan only put Marco Polo into Yuan’s historical records. I think Kublai is atractive by Marco…
economic development; From Qing to Opium Wars, trade was the main reason that England brought to war in China. Marco Polo as a traveler and a merchant from Venice, was the first one who truly shortens the distance between China and Europe. Before him, silk, porcelain and tea had always been a strong link between China and Europe. "Marco Polo Travels" dedicated his 17-year old living…
Introduction of "The Travels" states that "to western Christendom the world [Marco Polo] revealed was almost wholly unknown." However, in the introduction he mentions the Franciscan travelers we’ve already encountered this semester. Ronald Latham, who wrote the introduction and is the translator of the book, acknowledges the two Franciscans and their journeys, but states that their finding were interesting but not very encouraging. Marco Polo was not the first to travel to Crimea (known as China…
Marco Polo is notorious for his voyage to China, however, there are doubts that he actually went there at all. Marco Polo was very famous for being a European to go to China, trade and work for Kublai Khan. He wrote a book, The Travels of Marco Polo, and published it in Europe. Soon, everyone had read his book and began going to China to trade and get riches. This caused the economy in Europe to skyrocket. This is what started the Renaissance, and this is also based on a lie. Marco Polo did not…
Marco Polo was impressed with the size, sophistication and wealth of the city. He took interest in the physical features, trading marking, and social relations that were present and thriving He was surprised that the city featured a large bathing area (public amenities) and that they included a large number of baths for people. He found interesting that the city sustained itself through the system of markets. He was also surprised by the lack of violence and the need or accrual of weapons by its…
paragraph-long essay that examines how and why the Europeans impacted(greatly) the world! There were many audacious European explorers, who took lengthy and harsh voyages around the world. Some examples of these people are: Vasco de Gama, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, John Cabot, and Bartolomeo Diaz. Each are known for one or more major discoveries that impact heavily today’s time. For example, Christopher Columbus “discovered” the New World,…