Marco Polo

Essay #2 Assignment When it comes to names in philosophy, there are many different arguments and views for how names should be dealt with and in what situation. Linguistic tokens, such as names and referential terms, have been the center of philosophical questions into the nature of reference. In his book, Naming and Necessity, Saul Kripke outlines his causal theory of reference for names. Gareth Evans, who, along with many others, was not satisfied with Kripke’s causal theory, wrote, The Causal…

I choose to write a children's book about Lewis and Clark because their exploration of the new territory has always interested me. I was especially interested in Lewis and Clark when I was younger. I loved to learn of different adventurers like Marco Polo and Lewis and Clark. That’s why I thought it was a good idea to write a children's book about them. It would make it so I can express my interest in the topic and make it so younger kids can understand and enjoy. I also never read any…

The second World War was one of the most significant events during the twentieth century, did you know that? The war “brought about major leaps in technology and laid the groundwork that permitted post-war social changes including the end of European colonialism, the civil rights movement in the United States, and the modern women’s rights movement, as well as the programs for exploring outer space,” (World War II 1). During the second world war, times were also tough, food was abundant, jobs…

Genghis Khan Genghis Khan was the first Great Khan of the Mongolian Empire. Even though he is not considered a humanist or a student of business he did quite a lot to expand both fields through his reign. The primary example is the revitalization of the Silk Road which lead to cultural diffusion and more trade within the conquered nations. In this paper we will be discussing how Genghis Khan came into power, and his cultural and economic impact on the world through the rebuilding of the Silk…

of Mongols’ welcoming attitude to the foreigners. The city not only had residences for the Middle Eastern, Mongol, and Chinese population, but it “was also host to merchants from as far away as Italy, India, and North Africa.” (Weatherford 198) Marco Polo mentioned in detail that numerous prostitutes, Middle Eastern scholars and doctors, Roman priests, Muslim clerics, Indian mystics, and Jewish rabbis all came to Dadu and enriched the diversity of people and ideas in this empire. (Weatherford…

an increase in commerce. It’s because when the Mongols conquer a society their economy increases since Mongol warriors would protect merchants from thieves when they are traveling the Silk Road. Some well-known merchants who experienced this was Marco Polo. His journals expound on how he traveled on very well constructed roads and that there were warriors or people that would stand on guard to protect you. An example of how the Mongol rule was beneficial to a society is that the Mongols were a…

“God wills it!” was the cry of thousands of Christian warriors as they began the two hundred year battle with the Muslims to take back what they believed was their Holy Land. The Muslims had taken control of this land and put an end to Christian pilgrimages. This incited the furor of Pope Urban II, who declared the war which became known as The Crusades. The long course of this battle greatly affected medieval Europe and its civilization, and continues to stir up conflict and controversy in…

tired so we slowly picked up the dogs because they were sleeping and put them in their beds then we went to our beds. The next morning after we ate breakfast we went in the pool and did some more games we had such a great time. We played color, marco polo, surfing, and a bunch of other games, we had also had another…

may be because fewer people were literate in earlier times, fewer records were kept, or records that were kept were lost with time. Despite this, Bernstein does incorporate a few primary sources into his work. This includes The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo, translated by Ronald Latham. He uses Polo's accounts of serving the Mongol leader Kublai Khan to support his idea that gold can motivate entire societies…

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. His father was a weaver. He got inspired to explore by reading a book by Marco Polo. He went on his first voyages as a teenager on trading expeditions. On his very first voyage he almost died when enemy pirates attacked his ship. He escaped by swimming to the Portuguese shore. In Portugal, he married a woman named Felipa Perestrello and they had a son named Diego. Felipa died shortly after the baby was born and Columbus moved to Spain. Many…