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all significant trade in the known world, especially trade on the Silk Road, emphasizing the power they had in the world economy. Marco Polo also wrote that the powerful khan forced everyone under his control to use paper money in their unique economic system (Document 6). This also shows how the Mongols had control of the flow of currency in their empire. Polo, an Italian merchant concerned with money, spent quite some time (17 years) in China trading as well as observing the Chinese market. He…

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald expresses how one's greedy desire for wealth and power threatens their possibility at genuine happiness. Although money takes on the role of a lavish possession; it blinds people of the significance behind true joy. Fitzgerald renders the character, Tom Buchanan, as a self absorbed man with a sense of carelessness and belief that power leads to happiness. Fitzgerald utilizes Tom’s lifestyle to reveal that while money has the ability to satisfy…

Between twelfth and fifteenth centuries there were similarities in culture and types of power due to trade. Starting from the Middle East through West Africa, and China are connected through trades. In the Americas, Mesoamerica and South America, there was systems of tribute and trade within region. Each civilization was brought together in some way, whether it was their beliefs or keeping balance in society. In a way trade ties together the different societies that developed independently in…

Many of the veterans found an outlet in sports. It began with simplegames like ping pong and pool. Eventually, as spirits and confidence grew, thesports became more active to include swimming, water polo, touch football, andbasketball. Two weeks later, the New England chapter played. As time went on,the sport became more popular and spread across VA hospitals across thecountry”.To be approved to play wheelchair basketball…

department stores. While working, he saved all of the money he made to buy clothes. He then quit school after attending only for a few months (“Ralph Lauren Designer”). Lauren quit school to pursue his dream of fashion. In 1971 Ralph opened his first polo/ Ralph Lauren store in Beverly Hills. In 1986 he opened New York City Flagship store in Rhinelander Mansion in California. In 1992 he received Council of Fashion Designers of American Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1997 he reached worldwide…

there for seventeen years and Marco had the opportunity to travel all across China (Strayer 315). He collected material during his journeys and later dictated to one of his friends for a book about all of his expeditions. In “The Travels of Marco Polo”, Polo writes, “The city is beyond dispute the finest and the noblest in the world” (Strayer 316). He was discussing the Chinese city of Kinsay, which is known as Hangzhou. Hangzhou participated in vast amounts of importing and exporting from India…

for saying “For Southern California, this could be the start of something really special.” (Staff, 2015). Paul was right, but it was not an easy journey to the top. The first Coachella compromised of two days of music at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. The Polo Club could accommodate 35,000 people a day and consisted of four music stages (Staff, 2015). The music performers included well known bands such as The Chemical…

After the Marco Polo incident, the Japanese then spread out in China soon reaching Nanjing. To protect the Chinese citizens from being killed brutally, the International Safety Zones Community built a safety zone. Not long after it was built more than 200,000 people move into it. Thanks to the International Safety Zones Community’s effort, this left a legacy in the Chinese history in standing up to the Japanese. Before the Massacre started, the Japanese first have to settle in China. Japan…

Despite having many challenges and being overlooked, China's role in World War Two was one of the most important and had a great impact on the war and all of the countries participating in it. China's role is often overlooked because people focus on the fighting in Europe between the Allied and Axis powers. While this fighting was important, the fighting in Asia was just as important. If China had not fended off Japan with the help of some of the Allied powers, Japan would have taken over China…