Marco Polo

Italy Ciao! Benevento! Italy is a wonderful country that has influenced the world. Their cuisine, fashion, and arts have affected the world. From their many different fabrics used in their designs to the types of art they influenced Italy has effected the world in one way or another. First, Italy is known for their world- renowned fashion. Italian fashion has influenced many countries and cultures. Italy is known for the fabrics used in their designs. The types of fabrics…

Ancient China was a highly successful civilisation. Contributions to its success include the philosophy-based religion of Confucianism that gave people guidelines on how to live their lives (and which is still followed today). Another highly influential aspect to Ancient China’s success was the Silk Road which enabled Ancient China to trade with other civilisations, with merchants bringing back not only goods, but also new religions. Furthermore, the inventions created in Ancient China have…

During the Christmas season, gingerbread has become a traditional holiday dessert that comes in many forms; however, gingerbread was not created in response to Christmas celebrations. Instead, gingerbread became popular due to its medicinal ingredients and its social connotations. Medieval gingerbread consisted of ginger, honey, and breadcrumbs, which created a high calorie dish that would become the holiday classic society knows today. Ginger originated in Southeast Asia where it was popular…

Amy Xu Miss Allen English 3, Period 7 23 September 2015 The Life of a Greater Sailor In 1451, the birth of a son into a textile artisan’s family in Genoa, Italy marks the beginning of a new generation. The father, Domenico Columbus, and the mother, Susanna Fontanarossa, named this baby Christopher Columbus. As the eldest child in his family, Columbus is deemed by many as the most influential person in the world base on his pioneering travels, exploring and cartography. During Columbus’s…

city of Tangier in Morocco. ibn Battuta made a journey that is said to be the longest journey made, that lasted about three decades, where he visited many regions in Africa, Europe and Asia, where he managed to cover an area three times as great as Marco polo`s travels who lived about the same time. After returning to his homeland, Ibn Battuta published a book named Rehlah which means “journey”. Dear ibn Battuta I have gotten so much to tell you in my letter. After I learned about you and all…

The medieval papacy, which had once been a dominant force in society, doling out prizes and punishments to its obedient followers, was forced to step back from power, humbling itself to a new, arguable more independent society. In his lifetime, Marco Polo (1254-1324) penned…

Islamic World, where Mackintosh – Smith follows the steps of Ibn Battuta, a Moroccan traveller and Islamic law scholar who travelled across Africa, Mecca, Middle East, Turkey, India and China in a journey of 75 thousand miles that exceeds that of Marco Polo. Through this journey we see the Middle period of Islamic history that is often concealed and not disclosed by Islam of today. Perhaps many Muslims and non-Muslims have not looked into the history of Middle Islam while the…

Constantine Chou Dr. Feinberg Sociology 366 20 July 2016 Ivory Coast Shakespeare once cleverly articulated, “What, courage man! What though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care.” Or put in a more modern sense: cheer up, for curiosity may have killed the cat, but you are smart enough to kill curiosity. Evident in our history, curiosity has always been second nature to man. Like for other animals too, curiosity has either led to new discoveries, or the demise of the…

How has the understanding of [the] universe in China changed in last hundreds of years? Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius once said: "He who does not know what the world [does] not know where he is, and he who does not know for what purpose the world exists, does not know who he is, nor what the world is." It is true that a person 's self-identity is hugely affected by his or her view of the world, and that a country or race 's self-image is based on its understanding of the universe. In the last…

Globalization is the process by which everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. This process has been in progress through the early days of history where explorers such as Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus developed world relations through trade, exchanging both knowledge and goods. This process has become far easier and accessible through the invention of the Internet, where people can exchange knowledge and ideas right from…