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Prompt: What was a hardship you overcame? How did you learn from it? It was probably 50 degrees outside when I was waiting for water polo practice to start. The vibration of my phone immediately caught my attention, but instead of a text from my girlfriend or one of my friends, it was from my mom. Inside of that text were multiple pictures of an elderly woman on a gurney, and below those were photos of a completely totaled car that had been reduced down to half of its original size. Looking at…

villages it was quite some time before Marco-Polo finally returned to Venice. Upon arrival he enlisted with the Venetian military to join the war against Genoa. Whilst on the battlefield Marco was captured and put under lock in key in a Genoan prison where he met a writer, the very man who would turn his memories into words and create the “book,” otherwise known as the “Book million about miracles of the world.” (Marco Polo – Great Silk Road). “Marco Polo revealed much to the Europeans about…

Westerner to bridge the philosophical and cultural gap between the East and the West. That is why it is imperative to look to the accounts of Marco Polo, who spent his years of youth in the capitalist city of the time, Venice, and matures into a man as he ventures through the Middle East and continues into the land of the Mongols. The connections that Marco Polo is able to make are impossible for someone who has not encountered multiple cultures. Laurence Bergreen does fantastic work of taking…

Marco polo the greatest explorer ever the world's greatest explorer was Marco Polo. Known for his travels to China, the book he wrote about his expeditions, The Travels of Marco Polo, and his sharing of Asian Spices, marked him as a great influence in the13th century and beyond. Despite his enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo.Marco Polo explored most of Asia and some of the Middle East. Marco Polo didn't travel alone, he had his father and uncle with him.…

My Opinion on Water Polo Do you want to find the perfect sport to play? Although there are many sports to choose from, I think water polo is the best. Water polo is a combination of swimming, wrestling, soccer, and basketball. Water polo is a tough sport which requires a lot of endurance. Not many people play water polo so in games you get more playing time. Water polo is the best sport to play because it is good if you like to swim, you get in very good shape, and it feels nice to play in the…

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…

best talent is by far my ability to succeed in school, and my natural affinity for STEM topics. However, I believe that my greatest skill comes in Water Polo. I joined Water Polo in seventh grade, because I was too small to be effective in football, and the Fresno heat combined with heavy padding is truly miserable. I naively believed that in Water Polo I would quickly rise to the level of the Star of the team, because I have had a pool for as long as I remember. Unfortunately, as with all…

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…

of water polo in the process of falling from a height, it is subjected to the action of the air resistance, which makes it split into numerous small droplets. Droplets quickly arrival "terminal velocity" (gravity and resistance balance) because of the role of air resistance, then it will not accelerate. Almost people know people are hit by falling objects from high altitude is very dangerous. If someone was hit falling object from high altitude, he will…

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 guilds…