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Marco Polo talks about culture more completely foreign to him than either Xuanzang or Ibn Battuta; China did not have the same religious tradition compared to where he came from. This probably is the reason why he has brief descriptions of religious life and practice in Hangzhou. His posture towards the culture of India was descriptive, without the clear criticisms of Battuta and the very positive passages found in Marco Polo’s account. Ibn Battuta made his own culture, mostly Islam and the…

IV. Results and Discussion Tobacco monopolies were believed to have started during the regime of President Ferdinand Marcos wherein he first imposed import and tax incentives to a Philippine tobacco company, Fortune Tobacco which led to the creation of a policy monopoly (Harvard School of Public Health, 2013). Incentives were given due to President Marcos’ close ties with Mr. Lucio Tan, the founder of Fortune Tobacco. Due to the rise of anti-tobacco advocates all over the world, foreign tobacco…

What the legacy of Marcos A. Fontes is, is what i would have to say is Something that 's going to be great and will be great. As of today I am known as just a Normal teenager, the person who has grown up into a family restaurant business, Someone who grew up with a little brother with special needs. Some people view me as just a normal football player, a student with pretty close to great grades. Although in reality the legacy that i have brought to my own mind as a person the person who i am…

many new reforms according to the needs of the people. Unlike the Philippine’s president before Aquino, she promoted her message through more peaceful ways of protest. Aquino called for acts of civil disobedience, organized strikes, and boycotts when Marcos won the election in 1986. Aquino eradicated the government’s power to imprison people…

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:…

Marco Rubio was born in May 28, 1971 in Miami Florida; Marco one of the 4 children of Mario Rubio and Oriales Garcia, Cuban immigrants, who migrated to USA in 1556 during the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. His mother made some trips after Castro’s victory and in one of the trips she stayed for more than a month, the reason of the trips were to see some family that stayed in Cuba; both of Marcos’s parents worked hard on building a great family, full of values, and gratefulness for what they…

Marco Polo, the renowned Venetian explorer, stands as a figure of remarkable courage, curiosity, and cultural exchange. Born into a family of traders in 1254, his life would become a tapestry woven with tales of distant lands, exotic cultures, and astonishing discoveries. His travels, meticulously chronicled in "The Travels of Marco Polo," remain one of the most important records of the East for medieval Europe. Through his adventures, Polo bridged the gap between the East and West, opening…

The heterogeneity of the S. Marco bowl includes not only a wealth of information but also a network of relationships of different levels of meaning. The origin of the individual parts, their materiality, the fragmentation and the gesture of the details demand possible interpretation in the assembly and observation of the object. The Byzantine makers and artisans served as the viewers of the conventional conception of the iconic characters, trying out ideas to ensure that their references could…

While she would much rather lounge around at her mansion in something far more leisurely, appearances were important, and she was on the precipice of solidifying her family as the top dog in Florence. With the death of Marco Mortem, the city was wide open for a new controlling factor. Marco had been a ruthless head of his family, using a brutal combination of subterfuge and violence to keep the controlling factors of the city aligned with him. The last few years, as his health had failed, the…

1. Marco Polo He is an Italian adventurer who returned to Europe in 1295 after a 20 year journey to what is thought to be China. He stimulated European desires for a cheaper route to the treasures of the East (11). 2. Montezuma (Moctezuma) is the leader of the Aztecs in their capital Tenochtitlán, but lost to Hernán Cortés on August 13, 1521 (20-21). 3. Christopher Columbus Is a skilled Italian seafarer who persuaded the Spanish monarchs to give him three small ships (La Pinta, La Niña & La…