Why have scholars questioned whether Marco Polo actually traveled to China?

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A new study restores the Venetian explorer's honor by offering evidence that he did indeed reach China and Mongolia.

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Born around 1254 in the Venetian Republic, Marco Polo headed to Asia with his merchant father at age 17. He would spend the next 24 years exploring distant lands and documenting his observations, which would later be published in a manuscript known as “The Travels of Marco Polo.” By the explorer’s own account, he ventured deep into China and Mongolia, serving for some time in the court of Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. Polo eventually returned to Venice, where he died a wealthy merchant.

As early as the mid-18th century, some people began raising doubts about Marco Polo’s travels, pointing to seemingly glaring omissions in his descriptions of the Far East. In 1995 historian Frances Wood argued in her book “Did Marco Polo Go to China?” that the famous Venetian never made it past the Black Sea. She noted that his travelogue leaves out the Great Wall of China, the practice of binding women’s feet, chopsticks and tea drinking, among other details; furthermore, Chinese documents from Polo’s day make no mention of the explorer and his retinue.

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Explain how imperialism in Liberia was different than the rest of Africa?

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America did have a significant influence in Liberia, despite a void of military presence. The American government’s allowance of slavery and the ensuing anti-slavery campaign led to the rise of the American Colonization Society

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What happened when the Vikings arrived in East Anglia?

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They were defeated by the local lords. They raided and stole from people across the region. They negotiated with the lords to find a peaceful settlement.

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What was the most read book of the colonies and Europe?

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the bible was the most read book I believe

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a place of reading: the colonial home

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the British philosopher john belived in pantheism . what is pantheism

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Well, the British philosopher that God is all and all is God. Pantheism is polytheism and more. It states that everything, living and non-living, is part of the One.

which of the following was a result of the french and indian war

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Consecuencias

Durante la guerra, Francia perdió el control sobre todas sus posesiones canadienses, lo que fue ratificado por el Tratado de París. Perdió por tanto todas sus colonias al este del Misisipi, salvo Saint Pierre y Miquelon, dos islas cerca de Terranova. En el Caribe, solo mantuvo las islas de Guadalupe y Martinica. España no salió muy mal parada ya que recibió Luisiana en compensación por la pérdida de Florida37​ y también recuperó La Habana.36​

Gran Bretaña había sido, claramente el gran vencedor del conflicto, consiguiendo dominar toda la costa este de Norteamérica y eliminando un imperio colonial rival que le impedía extenderse hacia el interior. También ganó importancia en las aguas caribeñas gracias a las numerosas plazas ganadas a los franceses.

A Gran Bretaña se le planteó el problema de cómo gobernar la Provincia de Quebec, habitada por católicos francófonos, contra los cuales tenían leyes en la metrópoli. El rey de Francia, temeroso de represalias contra sus ciudadanos, consiguió incluir en el Tratado de París algunas cláusulas por las cuales los británicos debían respetar sus costumbres y religión.

Militarmente, Gran Bretaña se convirtió en la mayor potencia mundial, tanto en tierra como en el mar. Comenzó tras la guerra de los Siete Años un siglo de predominio británico en todo el mundo, con un Imperio que abarcaba gran parte de Norteamérica, casi un tercio de África y la India, poseyendo una Armada capaz de mantener y proteger todas sus tierras. Francia entró en una etapa de decadencia militar de la que le costó salir.

Económicamente la guerra fue desastrosa para ambas partes. Las deudas públicas en los dos países amenazaban con llevar a la bancarrota a la Hacienda pública. Ambos reaccionaron subiendo los impuestos enormemente. La diferencia fue que Gran Bretaña los aplicó a los colonos norteamericanos y Francia, habiendo perdido sus colonias tuvo que gravar la vida de sus ciudadanos. Fueron notables los impuestos sobre el comercio del té y la ley del Timbre.

Por otro lado la expulsión de los acadianos de Nova Scotia provocó una migración de estos hacia las otras posesiones francesas al oeste del Misisipi creyendo que éstas volverían pronto a ser francesas y que la dominación española sería temporal. Surgió así la población cajún en los alrededores de Nueva Orleans.38​

Por último, y no tan directamente, esta guerra pudo llevar a la Revolución de las colonias contra la dominación británica. Como ya se comentó antes, Gran Bretaña impuso a sus colonias unos desorbitados impuestos que ahogaban su economía, lo que llevó entre otros, al motín del Té.39​ Además, como ya predijeron tanto británicos como franceses durante e inmediatamente después de la guerra franco-india, al perder los colonos a la única potencia vecina capaz de vencerlos ya no necesitaban del ejército británico para defenderse. Los únicos enemigos a los que se tenían que enfrentar eran a los nativos, a los que hasta el momento habían conseguido doblegar. Inglaterra había forzado a muchos colonos a participar activamente en la guerra por lo que en las colonias vivían numerosos veteranos que sabían aplicar las tácticas de guerra y que, aún más importante, habían descubierto que eran capaces de vencer a ejércitos mayores.

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Why is Article #11 in the Articles of Confederation not as important as the other articles?

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Establishing both the means by which a new state could enter the "union" on equal footing, and an attempt for military security, Article 11 specifically targets one issue in a way that no other article does.  Annexing Canada and formally absorbing it into the folds of the United States would have increased the power of the U.S. tremendously. The inclusion of Canada in the union would significantly increase the U.S. resources of land, people, types of industry, and available ports. It would increase the tax base of Congress as well as contribute its valuable resources to the overall economic good of the U.S. Furthermore, the annexation of Canada would help to significantly eliminate the biggest threat to American Independence: the presence of Great Britain on the North American continent.  If Canada had overthrown British rule in the 1780s and joined the United States as a sovereign state, the British would have had no further holdings of land in North America. However, after the war, the British continued to violate the Treaty of Paris by maintaining forts in the western territory of the United States. The British controlled the Great Lakes, which bordered the U.S. and Canada and the St. Lawrence River, thereby giving them powerful control over trade in the interior of North America. The United States aimed to eliminate the presence of as many of its competitors as possible. Unfortunately, Canada had no interest in joining the United States and remained a British colony. The British presence north and west of the United States continued to be a problem, and eventually led to the War of 1812.

What this Article did accomplish, however, was to establish the precedent by which new states would be absorbed into the union. With this precedent, rather than representing a governing body with fixed limits, the United States would be able to expand and absorb sovereign states on an equal basis, instead of as colonies. This idea was later put into practice in Thomas Jefferson's Land Ordinance of 1784, which provided new states with the same right to self-governance and representation in congress as those enjoyed by older states.

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new technologies in the steel industry led to increased productivity in witch of the following?
oil
textile
electric
railroad

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Answer:

railroad

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they made a lot of railroad because of the steel industry

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Explain how did China transition to capitalism.

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Answer:

They focused on industry and manufacturing instead of focusing on Agriculturalism like they always did.

The Pope's power increased / decreased ) as a result of the Crusades.

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Answer:

Increased

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With the Crusades exploring more and more, the Pope believed he had gained more land and therefore more power.

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The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed in 1890. What did it do?
A. outlawed trusts that restrained trade between states
B. prohibited trusts from operating across state lines
C. encouraged the growth of streetcar service
D. limited trusts that did not follow regulation

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A. Because it outlawed trusts that restrained practices and trade. :))

what color is a lemon?
A ghhnljklre
B yellow
C no
D 7

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C

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How did the Silk Road develop and what did it lead to?

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The Silk Road was a vast trade network connecting Eurasia and North Africa via land and sea routes. ... Advances in technology and increased political stability caused an increase in trade. The opening of more trade routes caused travelers to exchange many things: animals, spices, ideas, and diseases.

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A)Label the three colonial geographical regions on the map.





B)Which geographic region seems to have the most land? Which region has the least amount of land?



C)How might this have impacted what kinds of settlements formed where? For example, which colonial region do you think would have more cities, which would have more rural areas? Why?)

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Answer:

Check explanation.

Explanation:

A) I'm assuming you're talking about the British colonies (13 colonies). When describing these regions, there are three key words to know. The New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies. If you need more elaboration, just comment.

B) The South probably seems like it had the most land. as it needed the land for slaves to work on plantations. This transition to slavery from indentured servants was primarily caused by Bacon's rebellion, in which indentured servants rose up against landowners. For more elaboration, look up Bacon's rebellion. When looking at the map, the Northern Colonies probably had the least amount of land as it did not have the plantations and the need for land was limited. This answer is elaborated on C.

C) The amount of land impacted what kinds of settlements formed, as seen from the colonists' perspective, more land means more farming land while less land is less suitable to farming but instead subsistence farming. The amount of land also impacted which colonial region would have more cities or more rural areas as less land means it would be in a sense more urban, while more widespread land would be more rural. The divide between the two regions would later be found in the American Civil War, in which the North had more industry and cities while the South was more widespread as it did not need the urban cities like the North. Contrary to the question though, I feel like the weather/climate played a much bigger role than the amount of land each region had.

Under the feudalism system, who was making most of the decisions?
Monarch
Lord
Knight
Serf

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Answer:

The monarch was the most powerful and made most decisions

A Lord was making most of the decisions

What were the “angry men” in north Texas probably angry about?

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Answer:

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the angry men were angry because cattles can spread diseases and some of the angry men are "homesteaders" they live by cropping products. people rearing cattles in north texas were not curbing the activites of their cattles and this makes cattles to be able to destroy many crops :)

What do the two civilizations described in the passage have in common?
A. They are both democracies.
B. They are both constitutional monarchies.
C. They are both absolute monarchies.
D. They are both theocracies.

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Answer:

A

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What is one similarity between the famine and plague of the 1300s? Both lowered the population of Europe. Both were caused by weather changes. Both lowered food supplies in Europe. Both were caused by social unrest.

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Answer:

Correct answer is Both lowered the population of Europe.

Explanation:

First option is correct is because Black death and famine that often happened in 14th Century reduced the population of Europe according to some estimates between 40 and 60 percent.

Second option is not correct as only famine was caused by the climate and weather changes.

Third option is not correct as black plague didn't affect this, as the famine did.

Fourth is also wrong, because unrest came later, after this events.

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A. Both lowered the population of Europe.

2. How is a city-state different from an empire?

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Answer: In a group of city-states, each city-state is independent and rules by its own king. No central power controlled all of the city-states. In an empire, consisting of a nation and the city-states and nations it has conquered, one ruler is in control.

Explanation: One has a king in where the other has just a ruler

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A city-state is a city that is surrounded by territory that forms an independent state while an empire is a large amount of states or countries that come together and are ruled by a supreme ruler like an emperor and/or empress.

Which of the following best summarizes Liu Bang’s approach to ruling China?
a.
weak and ineffective
c.
moderate and reasonable
b.
harsh and overly strict
d.
undisciplined and unfair

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C- moderate and reasonable

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following weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation does this picture represent?



A. no power to tax


B. one vote for each state


C. no executive branch


D. no common currency

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Answer:

D. no common currency

Explanation:

according to my observation, you can see the different states abbreviated on the money which has nothing to do with tax, votes, or the executive branch. D, would only make sense.

stonehenge was constructed ?

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Answer:

I think it's all of the above since Stonehenge took about 1500 years to build.  

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all of the above ]D[

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Who in Egyptian society was mummification? explain​

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Answer:

Pharaohs were mummified. Members of nobility and some officials. In rare cases, common people were mummified.  

Explanation:

Egyptian mummification was expensive and was exclusively done for pharaohs and nobility.

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Answer:

b

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b

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What was the name of the island where Cabeza de Vaca’s barge landed?
a.
Maui
b.
Cuba
c.
Malhado
d.
Jamaica

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Answer:

C

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The island of Taiwan experienced a name change shortly after the 1949 Communist revolution, it was formerly called- Question 10 options: Democratic Republic of China Thailand Formosa Hong Kong

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Answer:

Formosa

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The correct option is C. The island of Taiwan experienced a name change shortly after the 1949 Communist revolution, it was formerly called Formosa .

Taiwan was only recognized as the Republic of Formosa for a mere five short months, despite the fact that it had been called Formosa for millennia.

Why is Taiwan also called the Republic of China?

Taiwan was governed by the ROC after the Allies' victory over the Japanese during World War II. The Chinese Communists defeated the Nationalists in a conflict in 1949. The People's Republic of China was founded by them. The Nationalists arrived in Taiwan after departing from China's mainland.

The island of Taiwan continues to go by a number of names, each originating from explorers or kings who lived during a specific historical era. When Portuguese sailors discovered an unexplored island in 1542, they gave it the name Ilha Formosa and documented it on their charts.

The right answer is C. Taiwan was once known as Formosa; the name was changed shortly after the Communist revolution of 1949.

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The National Woman Suffrage Association first called for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote
in the
a 1800s
b. 1900s
d. none of the above
C.1700s

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The National Woman Suffrage Association first called for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote

in the

b 1900s

The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle—victory took decades of agitation and protest. Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, lobbied, and practiced civil disobedience to achieve what many Americans considered a radical change of the Constitution. Few early supporters lived to see final victory in 1920.

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Which was purchased by the United States?

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Answer:

Explanation:

On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl.

Why was January 8 chosen as the night to hold the revolt? Check all that apply. It was a clear night and easier to see. The community was distracted by Carnival. It was a quiet, sleepy time in New Orleans. Most troops were off fighting in other areas. The weather made it difficult to move heavy weapons.

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Answer:

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