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- 141: Marco Polo
- ... Polo Marco Polo is one of the most well-known heroic travelers and traders around the world. In my paper I will discuss with you Marco Polo’s life, his travels, and his visit to China to see the great Khan. Marco Polo was born in c.1254 in Venice. He was a Venetian explorer and merchant whose account of his travels in Asia was the primary source for the European image of the Far East until the late 19th century. Marco's father, Niccolò, and his uncle Maffeo had traveled to China (1260-69) as merchants. When they left (1271) Venice to return to China, they were accompanied by 17-year-old Marco and two priests. Early Life Despite his enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was ...
- 142: Marco Polo
- ... Polo Marco Polo is one of the most well-known heroic travelers and traders around the world. In my paper I will discuss with you Marco Polo's life, his travels, and his visit to China to see the great Khan. Marco Polo was born in c.1254 in Venice. He was a Venetian explorer and merchant whose account of his travels in Asia was the primary source for the European image of the Far East until the late 19th century. Marco's father, Niccolù, and his uncle Maffeo had traveled to China (1260-69) as merchants. When they left (1271) Venice to return to China, they were accompanied by 17-year-old Marco and two priests. Early Life Despite his enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was ...
- 143: A Pair Of Tickets By Amy Tan
- ... of Tickets by Amy Tan Essay written by Anonymous Amy Tan is an author who uses the theme of Chinese-American life, focusing mainly on mother-daughter relationships, where the mother is an immigrant from China and the daughter is a thoroughly Americanized --yellow on the surface and white underneath. In her book, the mother tries to convey their rich history and legacy to her daughter, who is almost completely ignorant ... secret wisdom, who, in the end, is right about everything all along. At the opening of the story "A Pair of Tickets" Jandale Woo and her father are on a train, the are destined for China. Their first stop will be Guangzhou, China where he father will reunite with his long lost aunt. After visiting with her for a day they plan to take a plane to Shanghai, China where Jandale will meet her two half-sisters ...
- 144: Boxer Rebellion
- When Japan defeated China in 1895, European powers answered with an order they called, carving up the Chinese melon. Following the division of Africa among European powers, they turned their sights to what they saw as an extremely weak Chinese government. European powers and America began to scramble for what was called spheres of interest. These spheres of interest involved holding leases for all railway and public advantages in different regions of China. Russia got Port Arthur, Britain got the New Territories near the Hong Kong region, Germany got Shantung and America got nothing. America was focusing largely on Guam and the Philippines and had missed the opportunity and so insisted on the open-door policy in China were commercial opportunities were equally available to all Western powers and the political and territorial integrity of China stayed intact. The imperial court responded to this foreign threat by giving aid to various secret ...
- 145: Shih Huang Ti
- Shih Huang Ti In the year 221 B.C.E., there was a great ruler over the Ch’in kingdom in China, named Shih Huang Ti. Shih was power hungry and wanted more land so he gathered his army and captured the surrounding kingdoms. As the ruler of so many kingdoms he became "the first emperor" of China. Shih showed his tyranny when he burned all history books to insure that his people and future generations would only remember him and none of the earlier rulers. He had a strong army but the fierce tribes north of China, the Mongols and the Huns, were stronger. These nomadic tribes would come into China and steal crops and animals and then destroy everything left behind. Shih was very disturbed with these invasions, so in ...
- 146: Marco Polo
- Marco Polo is one of the most well-known heroic travelers and traders around the world. In my paper I will discuss with you Marco Polo's life, his travels, and his visit to China to see the great Khan. Marco Polo was born in c.1254 in Venice. He was a Venetian explorer and merchant whose account of his travels in Asia was the primary source for the European image of the Far East until the late 19th century. Marco's father, Niccolò, and his uncle Maffeo had traveled to China (1260-69) as merchants. When they left (1271) Venice to return to China, they were accompanied by 17-year-old Marco and two priests. Early Life Despite his enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was ...
- 147: Three Contributions Of Chinese Immigrants
- Three Contributions Of Chinese Immigrants The Chinese started immigrating to the United States in 1849. They left China in search of a better life. Life in China in the 1800's was very hard. There wasn't enough food, money and the cities were overpopulated. They heard about the United States and believed there was an opportunity to start over again. They ... many contributions which are part of American life today. This essay will describe three of these contributions: two products, ginseng and tea, and one method of medicine, acupuncture. Ginseng is a perennial herb grown in China and other Asian countries. It is also grown in North American, but the Asian variety is thought to be more valuable. There are many legends and superstitions surrounding ginseng. The Chinese have long believed ...
- 148: Book Report On The Forbidden C
- ... by William Bell and contains 299 pages. The theme in this serious, fiction adventure novel is about a seventeen-year old boy named Alex Jackson, his father, a CBC news cameraman, and their adventure in China and how they survived the worst of times during China s history. The place is Beijing, China and the time is 1989, a year that China's Government tries desperately to cover up and keep buried forever. It starts with Alex Jackson, the main character, and his photographer father, taking Alex ...
- 149: Henry Kissinger
- ... two presidents, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald Ford, as the chief foreign policy advisor and secretary of state (Kissinger ). With Kissinger’s guidance the United States would reopen its relations with the Peoples Republic of China for the first time in many years; his ‘shuttle diplomacy’ would prove valuable in dissolving the conflict between the Israeli’s and Arabs in the Arab-Israeli War of 1973 through a cease fire; and ... skillful political manuvering “he managed to usurp most of the duties for foreign policy into his own hands,” (Kissinger 156). In fact, it was through Kissinger’s skill in foreign affairs that the door to China swung open for president Nixon. Perhaps had it not been for Kissinger, the phrase “Only Nixon could go to China,” would be nothing more than a figment of our imaginations. It was his key role in molding Nixon’s actions, and aiding the president in his push to make an unprecidented move to reserve ...
- 150: First Civilization Arose In Asia
- ... its livelihood was based on the Tigris-Euphrates River. This event marked the emergence of many other civilizations. Soon thereafter, arose Egypt (Africa), the Indus Valley (Asia) in 2500BCE, and the Yellow River Valley in China in 1500BCE. These four agrarian societies could support much larger populations and were centered around rivers. The rivers played a major role in agriculture, food supply, controlling populations, transportation, drinking water, clay for bricks, and ... they developed between one another in what became known as the Afrasian Intercommunicating Zone. They traded not only goods, but also ideas and technologies. The Bronze Age coincided with the rise of civilizations. In 2000BCE, China acquired bronze. The acquisition of bronze brought dramatic technological changes, which resulted in more agriculture, the use of dams, and development of more sophisticated tools. The need for bronze, facilitated trade because bronze is comprised ... diverse group of people who also utilized this network of highways such as missionaries, merchants, and many others. The Roman Empire was wealthy, influential, and will not be forgotten. The influence of both India and China's primary religions, which arose 1000BCE- 300CE, played significant roles in the development, rise, and unification of their civilizations. In Han China, Confuscianism and Daoism were prevalent and used in fundamentals in government dealings. ...
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