A number of Islamic writers and the 13th century Italian Marco Polo describe how this was obtained by sublimation from zinc ores and condensed onto clay or iron bars, archaeological examples of which have been identified at Kush in Iran.

Marco Polo brought some glazes back to Italy in the 13th century.

During the era after the war, later called the Pax Mongolica, adventurous Westerners such as Marco Polo travelled all the way to China and brought the first reports of its wonders to Europe.

Stories of kites were first brought to Europe by Marco Polo towards the end of the 13th century, and kites were brought back by sailors from Japan and Malaysia in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Marco Polo was not the first Westerner to travel to the Orient and return with amazing stories of this different culture, but his accounts published in the late 13th and early 14th centuries were the first to be widely read throughout Europe.

Over a period of thirty years, he visited most of the known Islamic world as well as many non-Muslim lands ; his journeys including trips to North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, and to the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East, a distance surpassing threefold his near-contemporary Marco Polo.

The most famous of these travelers was Marco Polo.

Illegal hunting of very rare species such as the snow leopard and the Marco Polo sheep.

Xanadu ( here called Ciandu, as Marco Polo spelled it ) on the French map of Asia made by Sanson d ' Abbeville, geographer of King Louis XIV, dated 1650.

This quotation was based upon the writings of the Venetian explorer Marco Polo who is widely believed to have visited Xanadu in about 1275.

Marco Polo also described a large portable palace made of gilded and lacquered cane or bamboo, and supported against the wind by two hundred silk cords, which could be taken apart quickly and moved from place to place.

One month after he came into office, Japanese troops clashed with Chinese troops near Peking in the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.

The name Madageiscar was first recorded in the memoirs of 13th-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo as a corrupted form of the name Mogadishu, the Somali port with which Polo had confused the island.

Marco Polo (; ; September 15, 1254 – January 9, 1324 ) was a Venetian merchant traveler whose travels are recorded in Il Milione, a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China.

Marco Polo's other legacies include Venice Marco Polo Airport, the Marco Polo sheep, and several books and films.

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.

According to The Travels of Marco Polo, they passed through much of Asia, and met with the Kublai Khan.

In 1271, during the dogado of Doge Lorenzo Tiepolo, Marco Polo ( at seventeen years of age ), his father, and his uncle set off for Asia on the series of adventures that were later documented in Marco's book.

Marco Polo later reported their role in the Yuan Dynasty in his book Il Milione.

This was reported as " Cambuluc " by Marco Polo.

One of her favoured dogs was a comparatively small red sable Pomeranian which she named " Windor's Marco " and was reported to weigh only.

Some Italians, under the orders of Colonel Di Marco, started a guerrilla war in the Ogaden area that is reported to have lasted until the summer of 1942.

Salary cap pressures, and reported conflicts between Diaz Arce and Marco Etcheverry, resulted in D. C. trading one of the league's most prolific scorers to the New England Revolution in the offseason of 1997.

Marco also hosts a large landslide which has been reported by Dante Alighieri in his Divina Commedia: " Qual è quella ruina che nel fianco di qua da Trento l ' Adice percosse, o per tremoto o per sostegno manco " ( Inferno, canto XII ).

For example in 2001, after the late night show Satyricon aired an interview that discussed indictments on links between the right-wing leader and the mafia, Marco Travaglio reported that Veltroni dispatched a messenger menacing the closure of the show .< ref >

Couvade has been reported by travelers throughout history, including the Greek geographer Strabo ( 3. 3. 7 and 4. 17 ) and the Venetian traveler Marco Polo.

The battle was later reported back to Europe by Marco Polo, who described the battle vividly in his reports.

After more than ten decades of being in power, the PRI was ousted by PAN when long-time successful businessman and philanthropist Marco Antonio Martínez Dabdoub ran for the presidency of Nogales, winning by 30, 000 votes over his PRI opponent.

On June 19, 2004, Ayala once again ventured into the Featherweight division, losing to fellow former world champion Marco Antonio Barrera by a knockout in ten in Los Angeles.

The ten university dormitories are adapted to the urban fabric and are located within the historical centre ( Fontebranda, Porrione, Sperandie, San Marco ), on the outskirts ( Acquacalda ) and near the extended areas of the university ( San Miniato ).

At the end of the year 2004, however, Magali Di Marco hd her comeback to triathlon and in 2005 she achieved several World Cup top ten positions.

In the 15 years from 1995 to 2009 Magali Di Marco Messmer took part in 73 ITU competitions and achieved 43 top ten positions.

He wrote ten episodes for The Avengers, thirty-two episodes for The Troubleshooters and contributed fifteen episodes to the BBC's Doctor Who in the 1960s being the three serials Marco Polo, The Aztecs and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve.

In 1475 Melozzo transferred to Rome, although some authorities claim his presence in Rome five or ten years earlier for work in the Basilica di San Marco.

" Marco Polo is not considered a very reliable source regarding China, and this second-hand data may be even more suspect, but if this estimated 10, 000 pounds ( 4, 500 kg ) a day for one city is anywhere near the truth, China's pepper imports may have dwarfed Europe's.

* Simón, Francisco Marco, " Religion and Religious Practices of the Ancient Celts of the Iberian Peninsula " in e-Keltoi: The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula, 6 287 – 345, section 2. 2. 4. 1 ( on-line )

After the extremely high tide of November 4, 1966, the city, including the historic Piazza San Marco, was inundated for more than twenty-four hours.

They are Senators Jim DeMint ( SC ) and Tom Coburn ( OK ); Senate candidates Sharron Angle ( NV ), Ken Buck ( CO ) ( endorsed after he won the primary ), Mike Lee ( UT ) ( endorsed after he won the primary, though the Club campaigned against Sen. Bennett before the state convention ), Ron Johnson ( WI ), Joe Miller ( AK ) ( endorsed after the Alaska primary ), Rand Paul ( KY ) ( endorsed after the Kentucky primary ), Marco Rubio ( FL ) and Pat Toomey ( PA ); Representative Tom Graves ( GA 9 ) and House candidates Justin Amash ( MI 3 ), Kevin Calvey ( OK 5 ), Jeff Duncan ( SC 3 ), Stephen Fincher ( TN 8 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Tim Griffin ( AR 2 ), David Harmer ( CA 11 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Andy Harris ( MD 1 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Nan Hayworth ( NY 19 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Tim Huelskamp ( KS 1 ), Jesse Kelly ( AZ 8 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Mick Mulvaney ( SC 5 )( endorsed after primary ), Mike Pompeo ( KS 4 ), Kevin Rothfus ( PA 4 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Dave Schweikert ( AZ 5 ) ( endorsed after primary ), Tim Scott ( SC 1 ), Robin Smith ( TN 3 ), and Todd Young ( IN 9 ) ( endorsed after primary ).

It is often misattributed to St. Augustine of Hippo, but seems to have been first used in the 17th century by the Archbishop of Split ( Spalato ) Marco Antonio de Dominis ( 1560-1624 ), in book 4, chapter 8 ( p. 676 of the first volume ) of his De republica ecclesiastica libri X ( London, 1617 ), where it appears in context as follows: Quod si in ipsa radice, hoc est sede, vel potius solio Romani pontificis haec abominationis lues purgaretur et ex communi ecclesiae consilio consensuque auferretur hic metus, depressa scilicet hac petra scandali ac ad normae canonicae iustitiam complanata, haberemus ecclesiae atrium aequabile levigatum ac pulcherrimis sanctuarii gemmis splendidissimum.

Daniel Majstorović restored the lead for Basel with a header and Swiss internationals Marco Streller and Benjamin Huggel scored one goal each to make the final scoreline 4 – 1 in Basel's favour.

On 4 April 1999, de Marco was appointed President of Malta.

In 2004, the recording of the Symphony No. 4 by Naxos / Marco Polo, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and conducted by Álvaro Cassuto received the Cannes Classical Award for the CD Premier category.

Ding went on to win the Masters for the first time, beating Marco Fu 10 – 4 in the first ever all-Asian Masters final.

* Marco Frenschkowski: L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology, Marburg Journal of Religion, Volume 4, No. 1 ( July 1999 )

On 11 February 2009, Yorke scored a 26th minute penalty for his country, but was sent off in the dying seconds of Trinidad and Tobago's opening match of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round against El Salvador ( 2: 2 ) after exchanging heated remarks with Mexican referee Marco Antonio Rodríguez ( the Trini star had voiced his disapproval of the disruptions caused by the home crowd ) and was consequently banned for 4 games due to his use of abusive language.

* July 4 – Marco Santucci, composer

On his way he beat Jamie Cope 5 – 3, the then reigning world champion John Higgins 5 – 2, Marco Fu 5 – 1 and Ali Carter 6 – 4, setting up a clash with Ding Junhui in the final.

Shevchenko made Champions League history the following season ; on 23 November 2005, he scored all four goals in Milan's 4 – 0 group-stage drubbing of Fenerbahçe, becoming only the fifth player to accomplish this feat ; his company includes Marco van Basten, Simone Inzaghi, Dado Pršo and Ruud van Nistelrooy ( while Lionel Messi joined that group in the 2009 – 10 season ), and the only one to have done it in an away game.

His first ranking victory came at the Grand Prix, in 1998 defeating Dave Harold 6 – 4 in a hard-fought semi-final that saw Lee come from 3 – 0 and 4 – 1 down, before beating newcomer Marco Fu convincingly in the final, 9 – 2 ) and 2001.

Marco Polo is the fourth serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in seven weekly parts from 22 February to 4 April 1964.

* The last known TV Broadcast of this Doctor Who story was in Ethiopia, which screened Marco Polo over a period of seven weeks, between 21 January and 4 March 1971.

However, due to delays, Jones was assisted by artists Carlos Pacheco, Marco Rudy & Doug Mahnke for issues # 4 – 6, and replaced for issue 7 by Mahnke.

He made his return in the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, where he won the title, his first since 2009 Medibank International Sydney after wins over Rajeev Ram, 6 – 4, 6 – 0, Stanislas Wawrinka, 6 – 3, 6 – 1, Marco Chiudinelli, 6 – 1, 6 – 0, Gilles Simon, 3 – 6, 6 – 2, 6 – 3, and Marin Čilić, 6 – 2, 6 – 2.

After a temporary disbandment, the party was re-founded by Marco Pannella and Gianfranco Spadaccia in 1963 and came to political success in the 1976, when the Radicals entered Parliament with 4 deputies: Marco Pannella, Emma Bonino, Adele Faccio and Mauro Mellini.

In the 2005 / 2006 season, he only reached one quarter-final, showing evidence of a loss in form, especially when losing 4 – 13 to qualifier Marco Fu in the second round of the 2006 World Championships.