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- Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...e world's greatest storyteller. He told many stories to Kublai Khan. The Polos lived in [[China]] for ...
7: ...in which Marco was said to have been born. Regardless, the Polos gained prominence in Venice and are h...
13: ...ns of China and with numerous achievements of Chinese civilization, many of which were more advanced t...
16: ...y had received in Asia. Though they were much impressed, the people of Venice still doubted the Polos.
18: ... the translations. The book became an instant success — quite an achievement in a time when prin... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...England acted as a province (or a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both batt...
5: ...ts in the early growth of nations and new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significan...
8: ...gland around 150 years later in the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], defeating the [[Anglo-Saxon]] lea...
10: ...art of the nobility to gain wealth and increase prestige.
13: ...ip, count of Evreux]], who became [[List of Navarrese monarchs|king consort Philip III of Navarre]]. - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ..., as well as a very important center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [...
6: ...568]]. In the mid-[[8th century]], the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of [[Peppin III|...
8: ...rsenal]] was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in...
10: ...nd the citizens of such towns as [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]], and [[Verona, Italy|Verona]] rallied to the...
12: ...sport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses. - Padua (12961 bytes)
1: ...4565.JPG|thumb|280px|Tronco Maestro Riviera: a pedestrian walk along a section of the "inland waterway...
2: ...ze'', and many bridges crossing the various branches of the [[Bacchiglione]], which once surrounded th...
4: Padua was where most of the action in [[Shakespeare]]'s play, ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', t...
7: ...great hall, the ''Salone''. The new space was refrescoed by [[Nicolo' Miretto]] and [[Stefano da Ferra...
9: ...d close by is the [[Palazzo del Capitanio]], the residence of the Venetian governors, with its great d...
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