Marco Polo's Journey to China. 2nd EditionTwenty-First Century Books, 2013年1月1日 - 132 頁 Can 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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... northern Europe hired Venetian galleys to transport knights, horses, and bowmen across the Mediterranean to what Christians called the Holy Land (which included coastal areas of southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel). In exchange ...
... northern italy, french emperor napoleon shipped the horses to paris. they were restored to Venice after napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. these famous horses moved again in the 1970s. after noticing that industrial ...
... 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. Much of this growing population farmed the rich agricultural land of ...
... 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 that the Mongols were not the Christian allies they had hoped for ...
... 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, the Mongol leaders ...
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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 |