Marco Polo

Cross-cultural interaction had extreme impacts on the future use of travel networks of the world, as well as future global interactions and popular culture. The greatest causes of cross-cultural interaction from 1000 to 1500 CE were religious and diplomatic pursuits, the emergence of growing commercial centers, and nomadic invasions. The impacts of the interactions included events with the environment including the Bubonic plague, which caused a lesser population, the moving of humans in…

and army and ruled over Ruled over a 5th of world population. Its network of trade routes stretched across half the world In its hay day, the company generated more revenue than Briton itself and its most valuable cargo – was tea Since the days of Marco Polo, Chinese tea had become immensely popular in europe ½ the company’s profits came from suppling this one fashionable drink. “The british cultivated a particular liking for tea and the market is growing all the time and the East India company…

The Pax Romana, Pax Sinica, and Pax Mongolia were three method applied by three different empires in order to bring years of peace among themselves. These lasted many years, and seemed to be quite effective. These were all considered the high points of each empire. Each order had its differences though, even though the outcome was the same. The Pax Romana was a 200 year period, ranging from 27-180 AD, of peace in Rome, beginning during the reign of Augustus Caesar. This is known as the time…

Thanks to the Mongol empire, China was opened to the west, and with this came a massive shift. Explorers such as Marco Polo brought expeditions all the way to Chinese territory, finally uncovering what lay in the far east. Back with him, he brought stories of the riches and wonder in Chinese and Mongol land, also recounting a personal encounter with the Great Khan (Mckay…

the desert because of the natural surface deposits of salt around there. Bloch also believed that the first war was fought over salt supplies. In 2200 BC, the Chinese emperor Hsia Yu enacted one of the first known taxes. He taxed salt. In Tibet, Marco Polo noted that salt was pressed with images of the Grand Khan and used as coins. -- Economics II…

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many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery." The 'dome' that has been built, is an allusion to the real one built by Kublai Khan as a summer residence, which was also visited by Marco Polo. The dome, when one focuses on it, does not merely imply a hovering thing in mid-air, rather, it is a very clear contrast of man-made beauty and the one created by nature. In later lines, the dome is described as; "The shadow of the dome of…

preparing for the sun by putting on the sour smelling of sunscreen. We hit the waves waiting for the sun to kiss our skin . We finally arrive to the middle of the lake where everyone else seems to enjoying themselves, kids jumping into the water playing Marco Polo, having trick competitions on who can get into the water the coolest, while their parents sits underneath the shade, talking and enjoying the relaxation for the time being. We set up the boat to stay float like a rubber ducky in a…

war, convenient field treatment, consisting of a mobile hospital, the organization produced a drug Tuozi can pretend to 100 surgeries, for drug and formulation 500 500 prescriptions used by all the medical equipment and medicines, known as the "Marco Polo Bridge medicine Tuozi "; dressing made basket, called" Bethune dressing basket. " In early July, returned to participate in the Western Hills Ji military organization and leadership of health authorities, it is proposed to open Su Weisheng…

lobby with Ella, Aly, and Morgan waiting for Emma. Shortly after Emma arrived we went up to the room. After that we hung out for about half an hour just talking. Then we went to the pool downstairs and swam for a while, we played games like tag, marco polo, racing across the pool, chicken fight, and water charades, and of course went down the slide. I’m not exactly sure who won the chicken fight, because when Ella was on top of me she tried knocking Morgan down even though she didn't have…