Polo

Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta are two very famous explores who are known for traveling great distances during a time when such a thing was unheard of, and who kept detailed logs of their journeys. Ibn Battuta’s journey was based off of his religion, and his desire to visit all of the major religious sites and meet important religious leaders. He traveled a total of 75,000 miles over the course of 29 years. Marco Polo was an Italian traveler who claims to have met and become close to Kublai Khan,…

Kinslee has been riding horses for around seven years. She started with the very basics of riding horses and advanced from there. She is now jumping horses at around two foot three inches and showing them in the academy beginner division. Kinslee completely fell in love with the sport and the animals. She even know works with them everyone weekend by being the barn hand where she rides. People often tell Kinslee "Riding is not a workout or a sport because the horse does all of the work." However…

the silk road and scenes of daily activities. During the Tang Dynasty, polo match was a popular sport. In case that the long hair of the horse tail intertwines with poles, Tang people would tie up the tail of the horses to make it look very short. Since the tail of the horse in this ceramic is really short and the female rider is wearing pants instead of the traditional dress, this earthenware is probably depicting a female polo player. As we can see from this artwork, the female has a plump…

The elaborate procedures in reining need to be broken down for non riders and riders alike comprehensions. The circles in the patterns need to be symmetrical and well rounded. The large fast circles should take up most of the arena ,and the slower small circles need to be around half of the size of the larger circles. There should be a definitive change in the speeds of the different circles that is noticeable to the judges. The horse needs to have a flat topline, this means the horse's head and…

When choosing the right bit for your horse, you must first decide what type of bit would work the best, either curb or snaffle bit. A snaffle bit is usually made of two rings and a piece of material that goes through the horse mouth. The size and shape of rings can widely vary, as well as the material that makes up the mouth piece. A snaffle bit achieves direct pressure on the horse mouth because when you pull on the reins, the snaffle bit , put the amount of pressure you are pulling with on to…

good aspect to come out of exploring the world, but it was also dangerous, unknown, and time-consuming. Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus were two…

An Analysis of the Mythic Storytelling of Marco Polo and the Detailed and Objective Cross-Cultural Descriptions of William of Rubruck This historical analysis will define the abstract mythic descriptions of Mongolian society that Marco Polo brings forth in contrast to the William of Rubruck’s objective and highly detailed analysis of cross-cultural interactions in Mongolian society. Marco polo tends to dramatize and abstract the mythic descriptions of Mongolians, which tends to discredit his…

good touch and promote economic development; From Qing to Opium Wars, trade was the main reason that England brought to war in China. Marco Polo as a traveler and a merchant from Venice, was the first one who truly shortens the distance between China and Europe. Before him, silk, porcelain and tea had always been a strong link between China and Europe. "Marco Polo Travels" dedicated his 17-year old living…

of "The Travels" states that "to western Christendom the world [Marco Polo] revealed was almost wholly unknown." However, in the introduction he mentions the Franciscan travelers we’ve already encountered this semester. Ronald Latham, who wrote the introduction and is the translator of the book, acknowledges the two Franciscans and their journeys, but states that their finding were interesting but not very encouraging. Marco Polo was not the first to travel to Crimea (known as China today) and…

the story, the fifty-five cities made me more and more troubled, as if they were just a city of different character. Marco polo visited Kublai Khan when he was 21 years old at 1,275 A.D. In 1279 the Yuan Dynasty unified the whole China to establish the seventh Chinese Dynasty. Western countries have send numerous messengers to meet with Kublai Khan, but Khan only put Marco Polo into Yuan’s historical records. I think Kublai is atractive by Marco Polo’s cities because he is providing a clue to…