Topic: History – Marco Polo

Details: Write responses to each of the following questions:

• Explain the debate regarding the accuracy of Marco Polo’s account. What are the problems with Marco Polo’s account? How has it been redeemed as an accurate historical account?(1page)
• How is Marco Polo’s account unique when compared to preceding accounts of the world? How is Marco Polo’s perspective unique when compared to those of his contemporaries? How does this tie in with the doubt over the accuracy of his account? (1page)
• What impact did Marco Polo’s account make on World History? How does this tie in with his unique perspective?(1page)
• What does Marco Polo tell us about the Mongols? How does his description of the Mongols differ from the common European assumptions of these nomadic warriors? (1page)
• What is Marco’s perspective of Kublai Khan and his rule over China? What does Marco tell us about the Chinese populace under Mongol control? What Eastern innovations or technologies does Marco introduce Europeans to? (1page)

• Presentation on Doc:

• Provide a cover page indicating your name, ID #, History G161, semester, and the title—The Travels of Marco Polo.
• Present a one-two page response (approximately) to each of the questions. If you find you have more than two pages per question, think again, refine your thoughts and write concisely. No binder. No folder. No fancy lettering, pictures, or designs to try to take up space. Use scholarly font—Times New Roman (size 12). Double spaced.
• Number the pages.
• Start a new page for each above question set.
• The last page is your bibliography. List resources such as The Travels of Marco Polo, the Duiker textbook, and the class notes. You are welcome to do outside research, but make sure that you are consulting scholarly sources—there is a lot of misinformation on the internet and it is best to be conservative and critical about your sources. Use Chicago endnotes for citations—see back of the page.
• You may use quotes from The Travels of Marco Polo but avoid long selections—no more than four lines.
ink for The Travels of Marco Polo: http://public-library.uk/ebooks/60/81.pdf

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