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Taking to the sea’s the explorers traveled along the southern coasts of Asia where they anchored at Samarkand; a major trading outpost along the Silk Road that Marco described as “a noble and great city, where there are many gardens with fruits in abundance. Muslims and Christians live side-by-side and they are religiously tolerant to each other.” Making note of the spread of Christianity one can see how it took…

overcome their ruthless leaders by generating nonviolent movements, eventually resulting in the end of communism. With the influence of the media and the Catholic Church, the Filipino community successfully eliminated the infamous dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, by relying on independent organizations such as JAJA and NAMFREL, and civil disobedience campaigns.…

a. One of the biggest sources of anger with the Marcos administration was the perception of widespread corruption and fraud which plagued the governmental process. Aquino and her revolution made campaign promises to “clean up the corruption and cronyism for which Ferdinand Marcos’ was famous” (Niu 93) though once she herself had won office, the revolutionary vigor and fervor of her campaign somewhat reversed themselves. In addition to the above policy positions which she made which notably did…

read Hailey’s paper. If you do then you will learn about Marco Rubio. Marco Rubio was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2010 and began his term representing Florida the following year. He wanted the Republican Party’s nomination in the U.S. presidential election of 2016. Rubio’s parents left their Cuba in 1956, during the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship, and moved to the United States. The family settled in Miami, Florida, where Marco Rubio was born on May 28, 1971. His family later…

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…

The writings of Xuanzang, Marco Polo, and Leo Africanus shed light on the third wave civilizations of India, China, and West Africa, but historians have also met several of their claims with skepticism. Third wave civilizations thrived between 500 C.E. and 1500 C.E. and had well-developed writing systems which allowed people of the period to leave behind first-hand documentation on their experiences. A series of trade networks known as the Silk Road in Eurasia, the Sea Road in the Indian Ocean…

rigged in such a way that Marcos won once again. After several years, the United States intervened in his imprisonment and Benigno and his wife, Corazon Aquino, were exiled to the U.S. Years later, they returned to the Philippines, and Benigno was assassinated upon arrival at the airport. Corazon Aquino then took over his position as prominent figure of opposition to the Marcos regime, collaborating with other influential groups and figures to stage a direct opposition to Marcos. With tension…

within the Philippines, going back to colonial times. After Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, the killings in the Philippines increased. With the country descending into lawless chaos, both the rebels and government forces resorted to barbaric tactics, with the NPA “known to have used death squads known as ‘Sparrow Units’ in the mid-80s to purge its ranks of government spies and to steal armaments” (Perreño 2011). When Marcos was ousted as president, the killings and the violence across the…

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…

study on the Authoritarianism regime could be advantageous to Filipinos because it could help open the eyes and minds to other good aspects and qualities that can be drawn out from it. Being aware of the flourishing state of the Philippines during Marcos’ regime, Authoritarianism is healthy for the country at present and the things that should be considered are the country’s growth, the risk of giving up freedom, and the Filipinos’ perception on the idea. Results show that Filipinos are…