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3 dni temu · Polo trekked from Venice to Yuan (Mongolian) China 1271–1295, yet most of his knowledge of the East was acquired from the seventeen years he resided in China. Ibn Battuta began a hajj (pilgrimage) in 1325, and in the twenty-nine years of his travels, he managed to cover roughly three-and-a-half times as much territory as did Polo. In many ...
3 dni temu · Polo is known for his travels as a westerner on the Silk Road. This image shows Marco Polo’s travels [on a modern map]. While traveling to these new lands he provided detailed descriptions of the lands he encountered and sometimes his perceptions of the people that lived on those lands.
3 dni temu · Cebu’s Historical Significance. Cebu holds great historical significance as the oldest city in the Philippines and the birthplace of Christianity in the country. It was the first Spanish settlement and served as the capital for six years.
4 dni temu · The Portuguese navigator and explorer Ferdinand Magellan headed the first Spanish foray to the Philippines when he made landfall on Cebu in March 1521; a short time later he met an untimely death on the nearby island of Mactan.
17 godz. temu · Published on : 07/07/2024. On July 7, 1937, the "July 7 Incident" (七七事變), also known as the "Lugou Bridge Incident" or "Marco Polo Bridge Incident", broke out. That night, during an exercise near the Lugou Bridge, located southwest of Beiping (now Beijing), the Japanese army requested access to the town of Wanping County (now Marco Polo ...
2 dni temu · The name Marcopolo is a combination of the Italian name “Marco” and the surname “Polo.” “Marco” is derived from the Latin name “Marcus,” which means “warlike” or “dedicated to Mars,” the Roman god of war. “Polo” is an Italian surname that may have originated from the Latin word “paulus,” meaning “small” or ...
4 dni temu · The Philippine media landscape is product of and subject to a stormy history that is characterized by recurring patterns: attempts of intimidation - let it be during Spanish or American colonialization, Japanese occupation or by Marcos’ martial law - and the media’s resilience, reflected in relentless, anti-establishment and often ...
