Subcomandante Marcos

This textbook is mainly about Europeans and their interaction with the world around them. How they “discovered”, comprehended, and navigated their world around them. There’s even an entire chapter dedicated to their conquests of other peoples. However, I will be navigating through the first two chapters of this text of how they viewed the world around them and how traded and interacted with the people on their side of the world. This was a time of excitement for a lot of Europeans, but definitely

The role of women in the Philippines has changed throughout many years. Women have fought for equal rights and endured social oppression for many decades. Much like the United States, the Philippines journeyed through traditional family roles, strict family expectations and serious consequences for breaking the accepted norm. In the traditional Filipino society, “gender culture has been transformed by tremendous Western-European and American influences (Francoeur, Perper, and Reiss 2001: 825).”

Did Marco Polo go to China? This question has been debated for years, since his book came out in the 1300’s even, some believe that he did make it, like historian Hans Ulrich Vogel. While others, like Historian Frances Wood believe the furthest he made it was the Black Sea. So, which story is the correct version? Did he make it to the Khan in China, or did he just base his stories off stories he heard from other traders? This paper argues that Marco Polo did in fact make it to China. In Marco Polo’s

glasses, his face can be found printed on a 500 peso bill and that an airport was named after him. But through the years, I started to learn that he was just more than that. I learned that he was a senator and is on the opposition side during the Marcos regime, was the number one bet for Presidency but was assasinated as he went home from the states. He died to fight for the Filipinos. As part of our second long exam in History 1 at school, we were asked to watch the documentary film about Ninoy’s

The Last Voyage of Columbus In his book, Martin Dugard uses dramatic detail and imagery to attract the readers attention. At times it feels as though the book is even fiction, but the selected bibliography in the end, defend with certainty this books authenticity. If there were no speculations on the character of Columbus by the lector, then the book will leave the lasting impression that like us, Columbus was human as well. He was not a saint, and had his fallouts. His life was not a complete

Writing Assignment 2 Marco Polo, Description of the World 1. What were the dangers for travelers along this portion of the Silk Road? The dangers were the climate conditions. When traveling through the desert, it was dry and hot and without water for long periods of time. Not even birds or beasts would be in those areas because there were no sources for food or water. Due to the lack of food and water, the travelers that passed through the desert would experience hallucinations. There was also chances

Two great examples that contributed in the global change would be Marco polo and Elizabeth Woodville. Marco polo was best known for being a traveler though he didn’t like to be referred as one. Polo considered himself a wayfarer. At the young age of 17, polo went to his first journey to Cathay, modern day china. There the wayfarer met the Chinese emperor Kublai khan. Marco stayed for 17 years learning the Chinese culture. Later Marco became Khan’s second hand. Together they created a duo. Khan send

Marco polo explorer and traveler most the Asia regions, inspire many people by his travels and his books. Polo was a Venetian traveler and explorer, born in the year 1954. His journey and books about Asia and China lead many explorers to discover the Far East. Polo came from a wealthy Venetian merchant family. He was Raised by his uncle after his parents died. Polo uncle had jewel merchants and good relationship with Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. Polo uncle decided to take him to Asia to explore

On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos issued Proclamation 1081, declaring martial law over the Philippines. It has been 44 years since that dreadful day, but the scars still remain in the heart of every Filipino citizen. Martial Law proclaims that an area is placed under the control of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It is usually imposed when the government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively. The reason behind the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines was

the aquifer over time. Through a stakeholder driven process, the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program recommended that the Edwards Aquifer Authority, the City of San Antonio--represented by the San Antonio Water System, the City of San Marcos, the City of New Braunfels, and Texas State University apply for an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act (Edwards Aquifer Authority, n.d.). This ITP authorizes “take” of certain species resulting from aquifer groundwater pumping