Marco Polo's Journey to China. 2nd EditionCan one book really change the world? A handwritten manuscript by Marco Polo in 1288 did. Polo, son of a wealthy Italian merchant, wrote about his incredible experiences traveling to China with his father and uncle on a trade expedition, and also about his adventures as an envoy of Kublai Khan, the ruler of most of China. Polo’s book became a bestseller in Europe in the fourteenth century. It was copied over and over by hand, translated into fourteen languages, and became one of the first books to be printed after the invention of moveable type. The tales inspired others—including Christopher Columbus in the fifteenth century—to seek new sea routes for trade. Polo’s adventures—and manuscript—are one of world history’s most pivotal moments. |
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the great bronze horses that the Venetians took from Constantinople also attracted another famous looter. in 1797, after seizing control of northern italy, french emperor napoleon shipped the horses to paris. they were restored to ...
During the Song dynasty (from 960 to 1234 in northern China and to 1279 in southern China), China's population increased rapidly. Official censuses show that it reached 100 million in the early twelfth century.
He then embarked on a series of conquests from central Asia to northern China. By the time of his death in 1227, Mongol rule stretched across Asia from northern China west to the Caspian Sea. In the 1230s, Europeans finally realized ...
In their conquest of northern China, the Mongols discovered how to make grenades out of gunpowder and clay. Had not Ogodei died in December 1241, the Mongols might have overrun all of Europe. Instead, when news arrived of Ogodei's death ...
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Traveling Across Asia | 36 |
Marco Polo In China | 54 |
Marco Polos Book | 68 |
Marco Polos Legacy | 84 |
Primary Source Research | 94 |
Primary Source Document | 104 |
Whos Who? | 114 |
Source Notes | 120 |
Bibliography | 124 |
Further Reading | 126 |
Websites | 127 |
Index | 128 |
About The AuthorPhoto Acknowledgments | 132 |
Back Cover | 134 |
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| 書名 | Marco Polo's Journey to China. 2nd Edition Pivotal Moments in History |
| 作者 | Diana Childress |
| 版本 | 修訂 |
| 出版者 | Twenty-First Century Books, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1467703796, 9781467703796 |
| 頁數 | 132 頁 |
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