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- Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...for seventeen years before returning to [[Venice, Italy|Venice]]. After his return, in a sea battle be...
5: ... returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s envoys with a letter for the [[Pope]] asking to be sent educ...
7: ...records that would help ascertain the truth. The city of Korčula still maintains an old house in ...
13: ...me acquainted with the vast regions of China and with numerous achievements of Chinese civilization, m...
16: ...na. Since they did not believe him, Marco Polo invited them all to dinner one night during which the P... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...r a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 198...
5: ...n the early growth of nations and new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant co...
10: ...dom, and personal desires on the part of the nobility to gain wealth and increase prestige.
13: ...Capetian dynasty]] had ruled for over 320 years, with one male heir after the next taking the throne (...
15: ...st brother, [[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]], without question. - Venice (22017 bytes)
1: [[Image:Venice_italy_2.jpg|thumb]]
2: ...agoon]] along the [[Adriatic Sea]] in northeast [[Italy]]. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the sh...
6: ...oa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval an...
8: ...o silver from Germany; the last autocratic doge, Vitale Michiele, died in 1172.
10: ...llied to the defence of Venetian sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders. - Padua (12961 bytes)
2: ...]] and [[Ugo Foscolo]]. The city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into ...
7: ... till the fire of [[1420]], when the Venetian architects who undertook the restoration removed them, t...
9: ...]], the residence of the Venetian governors, with its great door, the work of [[Falconetto of Verona]]...
10: ...Two Christians before the Judges'', hangs in the city's [[cathedral]].]]
11: ...irst full-size equestrian bronze cast since antiquity.
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