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- 2221: 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 ... enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family of merchants. He also lived during a propitious time in world history, when the height of Venice's influence as a city-state coincided with the greatest extent of Mongol conquest of Asia(Li Man Kin 9). Ruled by Kublai Khan, the Mongol Empire stretched all ... From Sudak, around 1260, another uncle, Maffeo, and Marco's father, Niccolò, made a trading visit into Mongol territory, the land of the Golden Horde(Russia), ruled by Berke Khan. While they were there, a war broke out between Berke and the Cowan of Levant , blocking their return home. Thus Niccolò and Maffeo traveled deeper into mongol territory, moving southeast to Bukhara, which was ruled by a third Cowan. While ...
- 2222: Marco Polo
- 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 1254 in Venice. He was a ... enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family of merchants. He also lived during a favorable time in world history, when the height of Venice’s influence harmonized with the greatest extent of Mongol conquest of Asia. Ruled by Kublai Khan, the Mongol Empire stretched all the way from China to Russia and the ... property in Constantinople. Around 1260, Marcos uncle, Maffeo, and Marco’s father, Niccolo, made a trading visit into Mongol territory, the land of the Golden Horde, ruled by Berke Khan. While they were there, a war broke out between Berke and the Cowan of Levant, blocking their return home. Thus Niccolo and Maffeo traveled deeper into Mongol territory, moving southeast to Bukhara, which was ruled by Cowan. In 1269, Niccolo ...
- 2223: Cleopatra VII
- ... strongest.) or maybe he didn't say that, but the generals said that he did. Each of the generals boasted about how strong they were, all wanting to rule Egypt, the richest country in the world at that time. The generals were Ptolemy, Seleucus, and Antigonus. Ptolemy was a rich spoiled brat from Macedonia (It was also rumored that he was a half brother to Alexander. Ptolemy probably started the rumor ... to meet Caesar. Caesar saw that she was alive and restored her to her throne. Ptolemy XIII thought that Caesar could not just restore her to the thrown so Ptolemy became enraged and started a war against Cleopatra and Caesar. Of course Caesar and Cleopatra won because of the military back-up Caesar had with his Roman soldiers, the best army in the world. The Romans then started to hate Cleopatra and her exotic ways and charms. Cleopatra was powerful. She was optimistic, high-spirited, always a winner using skill or just plain cheating, popular, a queen, and ...
- 2224: Japanese Americans During WWII
- ... American civilians to be arrested, jailed, and convicted of nothing more than being Japanese Americans. Why Pick On The Japanese Americans? Why did the American government go after only Japanese Americans? Were we not at war with Germany and Italy? Did German Americans or Italian Americans go to internment camps? The answer was no. The U.S. government did not do anything against the German and Italian Americans who were citizens ... the door and force the Asians to allow more trade. Commodore Matthew Perry, in 1853, forced the Japanese to trade, and to treat American sailors better. These actions opened Asia to the rest of the world. Soon thousands of Japanese began to come to America. These newly arriving immigrants took the jobs of unskilled American workers. These workers began to demand job protection from Congress. U.S. Takes Action To Protect ... went on, sadly, this mistreatment would only get worse. The Munson Report With America's track record, in dealing with the Japanese, it is not too difficult to predict our behavior when Japan went to war. As early as November of 1941 President Roosevelt had a fear of Japanese Americans. Roosevelt had Special Representative of the State Department Curtis B. Munson to gather intelligence on the loyalty of Japanese Americans. ...
- 2225: Pakistan
- ... form of an old friend. On November 13, 1993, Farooq Leghari was elected the country president. Yet even with this unique opportunity for agreement within the ruling circle reforms have not taken place (The Europa World Year Book 2460). Despite the PPP's success in the 1993 election they still faced uncertainty. They lack not only a parliamentary majority but unity within their own ranks. One of the biggest problems was ... to his father's political legacy. However, in September 1994, the family feud seemed to end during a visit of the prime minister to her mother (Banks 717). In Pakistan the end of the cold war had not brought on new, pragmatic thinking on foreign policy that could make Pakistan less reliant on Western support and allow it to develop closer ties with its neighbors. After the cold war, many third world countries were abandoned by their protectorates- the U.S. or the former soviet Union. However Pakistan's elite has yet to fend for itself (Rashad 158). Pakistan's relations with India ...
- 2226: Th Threat of Terrorism
- ... some form of terrorism takes place whether the motives are political or religious. Terrorism is unpredictable, and this unpredictability usually leaves many innocent people dead that have nothing to do with the aggressors cause. The war on terrorism is a constant battle that is getting more and more serious as time passes on. Now there is threat of biological weapons, which can produce mass devastation, getting into terrorist hands. This is ... they were planning additional terrorist attacks against our citizens and others. They are seeking to acquire chemical weapons and other dangerous weapons."4 The attacks will not stop there. A terrorist group known as the World Islamic Fornt for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders, presented a warning to the U.S. for the Retaliation saying, "strikes will continue from everywhere against American targets, Both military and civilian."4 However, terrorist threats ... 5 Nuclear Terrorism is a big concern of different countries, although the threat is not here quite yet. No non-governmental group has come close to attaining "nuclear capability." A concern of governments around the world is the chance of a terrorist group attaining nuclear weapons through thief or even home made devices. The design to make nuclear weapons is pretty well known. Gifted physics students or scientist could possibly ...
- 2227: Charles Lindbergh
- Charles Lindbergh was a man of many accomplishments. In his time, everybody loved him. Charles was well known all over the world. He was a hero, he represented all that could be accomplished in the future. He was a figure for doing what nobody else thought could be done. Lindbergh was one of those people that everyone ... was in Mexico that he met Anne Spencer Morrow, daughter of the American ambassador there. Charles and Anne were married in 1929. Charles taught her to fly and they went on many expeditions around the world, charting mew routes for airlines. Anne was also a famous poet and writer. On his trips around the world Linbergh also met with a French surgeon named Alexis Carrel. Lindbergh, since he did do engineering, teamed up with Carrel to create and artificial heart pump. This was the first recorded attempt at creating ...
- 2228: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... of the lack of success the blacks were making in America. This discomfort is reflected in his "A time to break the silence" speech. In this speech, he openly condemns American involvement in the Vietnam war. He preaches that America should solve its own racial and social problems before sending vulnerable young men, especially black men, to fight other country’s battles. "So we have been respectfully forced with the cruel ... Even though they were different in addressing their messages about black respect and pride, they both had the same goal in mind. That goal was to achieve equality between all races. Returning from the second world war, black Americans, just as those three decades prior, expected to find America a land of equality for all people and specifically a land endowed with increased black civil rights. Although the late 1940's ...
- 2229: Marco Polo
- 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 ... enduring fame, very little was known about the personal life of Marco Polo. It is known that he was born into a leading Venetian family of merchants. He also lived during a propitious time in world history, when the height of Venice’s influence as a city-state coincided with the greatest extent of Mongol conquest of Asia(Li Man Kin 9). Ruled by Kublai Khan, the Mongol Empire stretched all ... From Sudak, around 1260, another uncle, Maffeo, and Marco’s father, Niccolò, made a trading visit into Mongol territory, the land of the Golden Horde(Russia), ruled by Berke Khan. While they were there, a war broke out between Berke and the Cowan of Levant , blocking their return home. Thus Niccolò and Maffeo traveled deeper into mongol territory, moving southeast to Bukhara, which was ruled by a third Cowan. While ...
- 2230: A Few Greek Gods
- ... girdle that makes anyone she wishes to love her. Aphrodite is married to Hephaestus, the ugly god of the forge. He and Aphrodite are Olympian gods but have limited control. Ares is the god of war. He rules all war and provokes men to war. He plays a vital role in provoking hatred among men. He is the son of both Zeus and Hera. Hermes is the messenger god. The myths say that he was born of Zeus alone. ...
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