Marco Polo's systematic observations of nature, anthropology, and geography are another example of studying human variation across space.

Illustration of Marco Polo's arrival in a China | Chinese city

The exact time and place of Marco Polo's birth are unknown, and current theories are mostly conjectural.

One possible place of birth is Venice's former contrada of San Giovanni Crisostomo, which is sometimes presented by historians as the birthplace, and it is generally accepted that Marco Polo was born in the Venetian Republic with most biographers pointing towards Venice itself as Marco Polo's home town.

Meanwhile, Marco Polo's mother died, and he was raised by an aunt and uncle.

While Polo's book describes paper money and the burning of coal, it fails to mention the Great Wall of China, chopsticks, and footbinding, making skeptics wonder if Marco Polo had really gone to China, or wrote his book based on hearsay.

The Great Walls were built to keep out northern invaders, whereas the ruling dynasty during Marco Polo's visit were those very northern invaders.

Researchers note that the Great Wall familiar to us today is a Ming structure, post-dating Marco Polo's travels by more than two centuries.

Due to the Venetian law stating that the day ends at sunset, the exact date of Marco Polo's death cannot be determined, but it was between the sunsets of January 8 and 9, 1324.

The tales of the fida ' is training collected from anti-Ismaili historians and orientalists writers were confounded and compiled in Marco Polo's account, in which he described a " secret garden of paradise ".

Map of Marco Polo's travels in 1271 – 1295.

Moreover, the siege had already ended before Marco Polo's arrival in China.

Doubtless it was Marco Polo's description that inspired Antonio Pigafetta, one of Magellan's companions, who wrote or had ghost-written an embroidered account of the circumglobal voyage ; in Pigafetta's account the home grounds of the roc were the seas of China.

In addition to Marco Polo's account of the rukh in 1298, Chou Ch ' ű-fei ( Zhōu Qùfēi ) in 1178 told of a large island off Africa with birds large enough to use their quills as water reservoirs ( Pearson and Godden 2002: 121 ).

According to Marco Polo's Travels, the war between the Prester and Genghis started when Genghis, new ruler of the rebellious Tartars, asked for the hand of Prester John's daughter in marriage.

* 1266-Mongol leader Khan sends Marco Polo's father and uncle, Niccolo and Matteo Polo, back to Europe with a request to the Pope to send 100 Christian missionaries ( only two responded and one died before reaching Mongol territory )

It was the only product mentioned in Marco Polo's brief account and similarly impressed the Arab trader Sulayman several centuries earlier.

As with other European languages, English historically had a variety of names for Korea derived from Marco Polo's rendering of Goryeo, " Cauli " ( see Revival of the names above ).

Originally, Catai was the name applied by Central and Western Asians and Europeans to northern China ; it obtained wide currency in Europe after the publication of Marco Polo's book ( he referred to southern China as Manji ).

The objects in " Cataio " are based on Marco Polo's description and include the capital Khanbaliq | Cambalu, Xanadu | Xandu, and a Marco Polo Bridge | marble bridge

Other notable acts include Ali B ( who has been featured on other artists ' tracks, most significantly with Marco Borsato on the song " Wat zou je doen?

Other poets such as Marco Girolamo Vida, Gian Giorgio Trissino and Bibbiena, writers of novelle like Matteo Bandello, and a hundred other literati of the time were bishops, or papal scriptors or abbreviators, or in other papal employ.

The party is presently run by a provisional committee, known as " the Senate " ( Senato ), led by Marco Pannella himself along with other members of the party.

Foscari, of an ancient noble family, served the Republic of Venice in numerous official capacities — as ambassador, president of the Forty, member of the Council of Ten, inquisitor, Procuratore di San Marco, avvogadore di comun — before he was elected in 1423, thus defeating the other candidate, Pietro Loredan.

While the Portuguese ( and, subsequently, other Europeans ) were entering China from its southern coast, by the sea route, the question arose as to whether it happens to be the same country as Cathay which Marco had reached by the overland route.

The mayor is Marco Doria, expression of a progressive alliance composed by Democratic Party, Italy of Values, Left Ecology Freedom, Communist Refoundation Party and other minor lists.

Among other accomplishments, Fundy ports produced the fastest ship in the world, the ship Marco Polo ; the largest wooden ship ever built in Canada, the ship William D. Lawrence ; and the first female sea captain in the western world, Molly Kool of Alma, New Brunswick.

The West's exposure in Vietnam and Vietnam's exposure to Westerners dated back to 166 AD with the arrival of merchants from the Roman Empire, to 1292 with the visit of Marco Polo, and the early 16th century with the arrival of Portuguese in 1516 and other European traders and missionaries.

Air Miami became the first affiliate in 1980, and over a dozen other airlines became part of the system, including: Marco Island Airways, Florida Airlines, Key Air, Southern International, Skyway, North American Airlines, National Commuter Airlines, Gull Air, Pompano, Finair, Slocum, Atlantic Gulf and others.

At an emotional and rousing ceremony in San Marco di Venezia, Dandolo " took the cross " ( committed himself to crusading ) and was soon joined by thousands of other Venetians.

Peri produced a number of other operas, often in collaboration with other composers ( such as La Flora with Marco da Gagliano ), and also wrote a number of other pieces for various court entertainments.

BSB, on the other hand, would operate from more expansive headquarters at Marco Polo House in Battersea, south London with construction and launch of its own satellites costing an estimated £ 200 million.

Biber's violin music was possibly influenced, on one hand, by the Italian tradition of Marco Uccellini and Carlo Farina, and on the other, by the then-nascent German polyphonic tradition as exemplified by Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, who may have been Biber's teacher.

* Marco Polo's " Cathay " was just south of " Tartary ", and Ricci learned that there was no other country between the Ming Empire and " Tartary " ( i. e., the lands of Mongols and Manchus ).

The two departure lounges are the " Tintoretto Lounge " for SkyTeam customers and the " Marco Polo Room " for customers of all other companies.

In episode twenty-six (" Attack of the Barbarians ") Marco Polo tells Doug Phillips that Tony and the Princess Serit can fall in love with each other despite their being from different times because they can then and there see and touch each other.

The Rakaposhi mountain range is the home of endangered species such as Marco Polo sheep, Snow Leopard, brown bear, wolves and many other species.

degree include Dr. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici ( former President of Malta ), the late Prof. Guido de Marco ( former President of the United Nations General Assembly and former President of Malta ), the late Dr. George Borg Olivier ( first post-independence Prime Minister of Malta ), and Dr. Lawrence Gonzi ( current Prime Minister of Malta ).

Present auteurs include Giuseppe Tornatore, Marco Bellocchio, Nanni Moretti, Gabriele Salvatores, Gianni Amelio and Paolo Sorrentino.

Other noteworthy recent Italian films include: Jona che visse nella balena directed by Roberto Faenza, Il grande cocomero by Francesca Archibugi, Il mestiere delle armi by Olmi, L ' ora di religione by Marco Bellocchio, Il ladro di bambini, Lamerica, Le chiavi di casa by Gianni Amelio, Io non ho paura by Gabriele Salvatores, Le fate ignoranti, La finestra di fronte by Ferzan Özpetek, La bestia nel cuore by Cristina Comencini.

Influential stallions include Abglanz for the Hanoverian, Herbststurm who influenced the Oldenburg, Marco Polo for the Dutch Warmblood, the stallions Ibikus and Donauwind for the Danish Warmblood, and Polarstern for the Swedish Warmblood.

* Other notable building include Villa Butera, Villa Valguarnera, Villa Trabia, Villa Spedalotto, Villa San Cataldo, Villa Villarosa, Villa San Marco, Villa Filangeri, Villa Sant ' Isidoro, Villa Ramacca, Villa Serradifalco, Villa Larderia, Villa Campofranco.

These include Marco Pastors, leader of the One NL, and Hilbrand Nawijn, leader of the Party for the Netherlands — none of which managed to win a seat in the 2006 election.

Other such place-names include Lugdunum Clavatum ( modern Laon, France ) and Luguvalium ( modern Carlisle, England ) It is also possible that Lucus Augusti ( modern Lugo in Galicia, Spain ) is derived from the theonym Lugus ,< ref >* García Quintela, Marco V. ( et al.

Choral works put on CD include the 1766 Messa per San Marco ( 2007 ), a cantata, L ' oracolo del Vaticano, to words by Goldoni ( 2004 ), and motets ( 2001 ).

Prominent and renowned hotels include The Peninsula, The Kowloon Hotel at Middle Road, Kowloon Shangri-La, the InterContinental Hong Kong, the Sheraton Hotel, three Marco Polo Hotels, The Langham Hong Kong, the Renaissance Kowloon Hotel ( since demolished ), The Mira Hong Kong, Baden-Powell International House, Hotel ICON as well as the Hotel Panorama.

Respected composers from this era include the well-known Aldo Clementi, and younger peers such as Marco Tutino and Lorenzo Ferrero.

They include Jorge Altamira, Savas Mihail Matsas, Sungur Savran and Marco Ferrando.

Notable Vernacoliere contributors include Federico Maria Sardelli, Daniele Caluri, Max Greggio, Marco Citi, Ettore Borzacchini, and Andrea Camerini.

Famous players associated with Rehhagel include Klaus Allofs, Mario Basler, Marco Bode, Rune Bratseth, Manfred Burgsmüller, Theofanis Gekas, Angelos Charisteas, Traianos Dellas, Dieter Eilts, Andreas Herzog, Marian Hristov, Miroslav Klose, Olaf Marschall, Hany Ramzy, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Wynton Rufer, Thomas Schaaf, Ciriaco Sforza, Rudi Völler, Theodoros Zagorakis, Andreas Brehme and Michael Ballack.

Other stated influences include The Travels of Marco Polo, the journeys of Sir Richard Francis Burton, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and a host of other pulp-era fantasy fiction and works by other eclectic authors.

Visual treatments include the Robby Heason documentary Trouble Behind ( Cicada Films, 1990 ), and the Marco Williams documentary Banished ( banishedthefilm. com /, 2007 ).

The band members include: Rogério Flausino ( vocals ), Marco Túlio ( guitar ), Márcio Buzelin ( keyboards ), " PJ " – Paulo Roberto Diniz, Jr. ( bass ) and Paulinho Fonseca ( drums ).

He moved to the right and reshuffled his government to include Marco Minghetti's Conservatives.

Marco ’ s producing credits with Lyceum include: Players ' Club, 5 Wishes, The War Prayer ( for which he also wrote the adapted screenplay ), The Shift, and Tales of Everyday Magic.

degree include Dr. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici ( former President of Malta ), the late Prof. Guido de Marco ( former President of the United Nations General Assembly and former President of Malta ), the late Dr. George Borg Olivier ( first post-independence Prime Minister of Malta ), and Dr. Lawrence Gonzi ( current Prime Minister of Malta ).