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    aspects of Marco Polos description of the orient might early readers have found alluring? -The aspects of Polo’s description like the infinite number of villages, creatures that yeild musk, rice, tilted fields. Another alluring part is how there are multiple places represented by different people , because there are either many monarchs or just none. I think that all the different imagery might make them think that he is lying or just crazed. 2. Skeptics question the authenticity of Marco Polo’s

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    Missouri’s winter, there is one place in particular that my heart longs to be. Marco Island, Florida. When most people think of a luxurious vacation, they imagine crystal clear water, snowy white sands, and a miraculous five star hotel. Marco Island is no Bora Bora, but to me it’s the most enchanting small town that values simplicity and offers pure bliss to anyone coming to visit. My father proposed the idea of vacationing on Marco Island before the summer of 2016 after hearing multiple people rave to

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    Source One: The principal substance of the material is about how the present day globalization is homologous to the conveyance of messages during Genghis Khan’s era and how Genghis Khan was a salient benefactor to the conception of globalization. Some bias for the article is how the writer of the article stated “...his contributions to the integration of ethnicities and civilizations cannot be ignored,” this is bias due to the fact that the writer is only conveying the message that Genghis Khan

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    Shejuty Guho 13203002 Eng 262 Submitted to :Sumaiya Tasneem Hauqe Date :7/4/2016 The Aspects of Museums and Utopian Study in Calvino’s Invisible Cities In Calvino’s novel Invisible Cities, the traveler Marco Polo tells Kublai Khan fiction of the various cities of his empire, which the Khan himself will never visit. In this paper I will describe such model from Calvino’s novel to explore those aspects of museum experience that are almost invisible to people. Sketching on critical

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    Marco Polo, who was possibly the most famous European to visit China while under Mongol rule, left Venice in 1271 and did not return until 1295. Khubilai Khan was a grandson of Chinggis Khan and eventually became the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire.This analysis will discuss what Marco Polo experienced while visiting China concerning Khubailai’s views on Christianity and other religions. Like all Mongols, Khubilai traveled depending on the season. In this primary source document, he was traveling

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    Marco Polo was a prosperous and dedicated explorer, who significantly affected Medieval Europe and surrounding countries. Marco Polo was born into in wealthy family in 1254, Venice Italy. It was in Venice where Marco Polo established his passion for exploring. It is believed that Marco Polo’s father Niccolo Polo influenced his dedication for exploring. Marco polo was mainly raised by his two brothers Niccolo and Maffeo as his mother died when was young and his father was often away exploring. He

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    pools. This famous explorer’s name is Marco Polo. He was best known for his voyage from Europe to China during the Middle Ages around 1271. Marco Polo was born to a wealthy merchant family in Venice, Italy in the year of 1254. Even though his parents were rich, he grew up without them. He was under the care of other family members. His mother died when he was young and his father Niccolo was a wealthy jewel merchant who spent most of his time in Asia while Marco was little. In the year 1269, Niccolo

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    ensure equal outcomes for diverse students.” (CSU San Marcos, 2017, p.4) I realized that accepting differences and valuing diversity is what helps me become a more dynamic and flexible as a future teacher. Especially when it comes to teach a diverse classroom, recognizing pluralism and divergent perspectives on educating students is the foundation of designing effective lessons and instructional practices for diverse students. (CSU San Marcos, 2017, p.4) If a child has a hard time to show his or

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    Prison and Protest Poetry Poetry is not literal, almost by definition. As art, it shows the readers a higher truth that is expressed in a nonliteral, nonlinear way, a way that is completely original to the artist who has composed it (Vardavas, 2015). Prison writing has long been a distinctive and admired genre. Some date its origins back to the early third century when Saint Perpetua sat in her cell in Carthage, penning her "Passion" while she awaited martyrdom. Among subsequent giants are Alexander

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    The Life Of Marco Polo

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    Early Life Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice Italy to a wealthy Merchant family. Since his father traveled a lot and his mother died when he was very young much of Marco’s childhood he was parentless left to be raised by an extended family. Marco Polo’s father Niccolo Polo and Uncle Maffeo Polo were very successful Jewel Merchants with an interest in Constantinople and in Sudak, which was a Venetian colony off the coast of the Crimea. The Polo brother’s travels led them to Asia for most of Marco’s

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