1269 Nicolo and Maffeo Polo returned to Venice. 1271 Marco Polo accompanied his father and uncle on a journey through the Holy Land, Persia and Tartary and to the Empire of China. 1274 The travellers reached China after a three-year journey. Marco Polo's father and uncle renewed their frien...
The Yuan encouraged Europeans to travel overland to China; Marco Polo was the most famous of the early Europeans to make the journey. Ming (1368-1644) -- As famine and plague swept China, the Mandate of Heaven passed to Zhu Yuanzhang, who led a peasant army to victory over the Mongols...
4. Jianzhen promoted exchange and understanding between China and Japan. 5. Marco Polo's The Travels of Marco Polo served to bring knowledge of Asia to the West. 6. Zheng He's extensive voyages led to a legacy of cultural exchange between China and other countries. ...
Around 8:15, death of Carne at Marco Polo airport.[343] 10:16, Trish awakens her latent Stand against Notorious B.I.G., crash of the plane in the sea.[344] April 5[336] Early morning, Vinegar Doppio fights and kills Risotto Nero (28).[345] Leone Abbacchio is killed by King Cri...
German military occupies the Rhineland in violation of the Treaty of Versailles 1937 July 7: The Marco-Polo Bridge Incident occurs. Second Sino-Japanese War begins... 1938 September 30: The Munich Agreement is signed. Germany given control over Sudetenland 1939 September 1st: German Wehrmacht force...
1272: Marco Polo visits India en route to China. 1274: Council of Lyons II declares that souls go immediately to heaven, purgatory or hell; interpreted by Catholic fathers as condemning the doctrine of reincarnation. 1275-96: Lifetime of Jnanadeva, Natha-trained Vaishnava saint, founder of ...
Marco Polo becomes first European to visit Chinese imperial court. Neo-Confucianism introduced into Korea by the Yuan Emperors. Completion of the Korean Samguk yusa (History and Legends of the Three Kingdoms), the second-oldest history chronicle of Korea. Wang Zhen enhances movable type printing by...
Famous journeys were taken byFerdinand Magellan,Christopher Columbus,Amerigo Vespucci(after whom America is named),Marco Polo,Ponce de Leon,Vasco Núñez de Balboa,Hernando De Sotoand other explorers. History Lists: Explorers Not Named Columbus ...
1292 : Marco Polo sojourns in the port of Samudra. Attests presence of an Islamic kingdom in the region : Peurlak = present days Langsa). 1323 : Arab traveler Ibn Battuta visits Samudra / Paisai which has become Muslim. 14thcentury : Samudra / Pasai is the dominant trade center in ...
"In Time & Time Again, you can stand beside Napoleon at Borodino, watch the pyramids being raised, journey down the Mississippi with Sam Clemens, travel with Marco Polo to Far Cathay, join the legions and cross the Rubicon.The T2 game system features complete rules for character generation ...