... of Marco Polo return from China to Europe. Marco Polo was brought up in a very well established family on the coast of Dalmatia his father and uncle had set up a trading out-post on the island of Curzola (just off the coast of Dalmatia). It is not certain whether Marco Polo was born there or the city of Venice. Marco Polo grew ... sea to Iran they reached by a way of Sumtura, South India, India Ocean and the Persian Gulf. They then proceeded over land past Tabris in North Iran along the east coast of the Black Sea and past Constantinople. They arrived home in Venice in 1295 that was a s...

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... day before the wedding ceremony, the dowry should be sent over to the groom's family. In the process, fireworks are lit and sometime accompanied by a marching band composed of Chinese drum and gongs. Due to the change of living habit and social atmosphere, this custom began to waver. Chest Bottom Money Before packing up the dowry, the parents would normally tuck ... ...

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... music instruments are from China, which is the origin of the Chinese music. Basically there are more than 100 different types of instruments but the most famous one is the drum that normally plays an important role in music. There are actually many kinds of drums can be found depends on the tune and the size that you required. Chinese music ... ...

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... they conceive is the price they pay in body parts. As China prepares to give birth, in her deliriousness, she lives out a scene from the movie Alien. She hears the "drum majors and brass bands and penitents crawling on their hands." She cries out, "It's like Alien" (619). As China lays on the bed in labor, a man on the ever-turned ... ...

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... been any military action until recently. The incident in 2012 nearly caused a war between China and Japan. A fishing boat went into the area controlled by the Japanese and rammed a Japanese Coast Guard Vessel, nearly sinking the boat. Though this was done by a local fisherman, the Japanese still used this as another attempt by China to try and provoke Japan into giving ... hacking American computer systems conflict that China is currently dealing with (Jones). This would make it very easy for the United States to send military ships over to the Chinese coast. Every day, Chinese computer...

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... Chinese established a fishing colony near the mouth of Mission Creek in San Francisco. Many Chinese pioneers made the abalone and shrimp industries. In 1800's, Chinese fishing camps dotted the Pacific Coast. Their activities declined in the 1900's, when various discriminatory laws discouraged the Chinese presence in the fishing industry. "In 1880's Chinese shrimp camps near San Francisco and in Louisiana were ... supplying not only the local markets, but also shipping a million pounds of dried shrimp to Asia." In 1800's, Chinese fishing camps dotted the Pacific Coast. The Chinese's acti...

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... , without going through the long process of getting approval by Congress or the House. In the 1970s, the Chinese government launched a project to establish the Special Economic Zone near the coast of China. Duty-free privilege, concessionary tax rates, breaks and exemption and also wage schemes was quickly offered to the foreign investors. (Weige China) On top of that, economic projects ... ...

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... better than in China. Taiwan is an island, the total land area is about 36000 square kilometers and the population is about 23,000,000. It lies off the southeast coast China. Between Taiwan and China is Taiwan Strait. To the north is Japan, to the south is Philippines, and the Pacific Ocean is in the west. Its shape is like ... ...

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... result was an explosion of small- and medium-sized businesses that created an enormous rise in employment and wealth. Deng created his first "special economic zones" in places along the coast, such as Shenzhen, where there was relatively little established industry. So the new companies that sprang up there were almost entirely private. Foreign investors piled in, but mostly under conditions ... ...

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... and well-maintained road system of the Western Roman Empire therefore there was an absence of wheeled traffic. Goods were carried on the backs of beasts or women, limiting the coast of the Empire as the only economically accessible area. Byzantium began with a Hellenistic urban heritage: the Mediterranean and Balkan shores were fringed by Greek cities that became increasingly rural during ... ...

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... along with the rest of the world. British traders discovered they could make money by trading opium for Chinese tea. In the 1830's, British merchant ships were arriving off the coast of China. Ready to sell to the Chinese the British came with ships full of opium. The Chinese population became fixated on opium, and silver began to vanish in China ... ...

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... Japanese takeover of the Western Pacific after Pearl Harbor was shocking, and the fear of a Japanese invasion was very strong. False alarms of approaching Japanese submarines and bombers affected West Coast cities. Although no acts of sabotage by Japanese-Americans were ever reported, some believed the racial and cultural loyalties of this easily identifiable ethnic group would supersede their political allegiance ... ...

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... A.D.) dynasties, large quantities of pottery and porcelain were exported from China to Korea, Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, the Southeast Asian peninsula, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, the Middle East, the eastern coast of Africa, continental Europe, Great Britain, and the United States. Pottery and porcelain pieces exported during these periods are an excellent source of research materials on the history of China ... ...

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... closely associated with the Ming rulers and with other rebel groups. In 1661, a fleet of Dutch ships attacked, burned and pillaged a famous Buddhist shrine on an island off the Chekiang coast, killing the Buddhist monks. Fitzgerald 487) Consequently the Manchu government prohibited all foreign trade except through the port of Canton. The Chinese were able to profit greatly from the trade ... ...

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... anyone pollute these precious parts of our ecosystem? Well they are, and pollution laws should be strengthened and vigorously enforced no matter what the cost. China, a country with an extensive coast line, should work harder to protect its marine environment. According to the theme of the international Year of the Ocean, 1998, oceans are the common inheritance of all people, it ... ...

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... gold for salt, copper, and different kinds of cloth. After the fall of Ghana, Mali quickly rose to power, by 1300 A.D. Mali controlled from upper Niger River to the Atlantic Coast. Mali's Muslim leader, Mansa Musa's wealth was well known through-out the world. Through Trading, the Chinese empire and the African kingdoms have grew and excelled. From small villages and ... ...

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... his administrations. While he served in Kahn's court he led many missions to China. There were some phenomena that were new to him. The paper money, coal, and the imperial coast were all unexpected and different things to him. The idea of paper taking place of gold and silver was a total shock even to the Polo merchants. Coal certainly was not ... ...

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... of California, it would be the height of folly to forbid its entrance to the Golden Gate." (From Internet) There was a constant demand for Asian labor all across the Pacific Coast, because they were cheaper, and generally harder working. Factory owners, bankers, investors, and other leaders of American industry used the Chinese workers to keep wages down. Chinese workers would work ... ...

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... the Bubonic Plague, the following is a quote stated by a Muslim traveler, "The same Mongol law and order that made possible a century of intense human interchange between China and the Atlantic coast now quickened the progress of plague bacillus across Eurasia. The Black Death was the grimly ironic price the world paid for the trans-hemispheric unity of the Pax Mongolia [Mongol ... ...

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... foreign technology to improve the industrial sector. But the most important point is the creation of the SEZ (Special Economical Zones). The first zones were established in 1984 along the coast and offered some advantages like fiscal exemption and exemption of the taxes on equipment's importation. The most important zone is the zone of Shenzen (near Hong Kong). The investors are ... ...

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... Phoenicians thrived because they had dominant trade along the Mediterranean Sea.(William Burgess) The Phoenicians were one of the greatest traders of their time. They had seven cities on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The three powerful cities were Byblos, Sidon, and Tyre. There is no written records about their social classes, they also had no walls around their cities ... ...

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