| Do you believe that Marco Polo travelled the whole of China in 14th Century? | |
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| Jul 19, 2008 16:32 | #21   |
| GUEST98207 | Not to mention that they invented exploding cannon balls, and even primative rockets, and rifles with them. They just didn't need them to fight all the time, because they were isolated from other countries because of the mountains. |
| Jul 21, 2008 12:11 | #22 |
 | The stories and inconsistencies of Marco Polo make him a fascinating historical figure. However it happened, someone brought gunpowder and noodles and other things from China to the west. Even late in life he was responsible for coming up with new things: when his eyesight finally totally failed, Marco Polo became the first Venetian Blind -- :-)) |
| Jul 21, 2008 12:22 | #23 |
| GUEST98207 wrote: "Marco Polo brought china, spice, tea and noodle to Italy. Spaghetti is more famous than Chinese noodles. I thought why he didn't bring coffee to China at that time." Some interesting timeline information about coffee: (reference - http://www.telusplanet.net/ 1453: Coffee is introduced to Constantinople by Ottoman Turks. The world's first coffee shop, Kiva Han, open there in 1475. Turkish law makes it legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he fail to provide her with her daily quota of coffee. (SHESGOTTABE has to love this!!!) 1511: Khair Beg, the corrupt governor of Mecca, tries to ban coffee for feat that its influence might foster opposition to his rule. The sultan sends word that coffee is sacred and has the governor executed. (And who says coffee can't kill you???) 1600: Coffee, introduced to the West by Italian traders, grabs attention in high places. In Italy, Pope Clement VIII is urged by his advisers to consider that favorite drink of the Ottoman Empire part of the infidel threat. However, he decides to "baptize" it instead, making it an acceptable Christian beverage. (Is coffee behind world terrorism??? Hmmmm....) Actually, the timing might not have allowed Marco Polo to bring coffe to China, since coffee was introduced to the west in about the year 1600. |
| Aug 6, 2008 10:31 | #24 |
| GUEST11573 | Yes, that's why Chinese is the most famous, most spoken language in the world ( some people think it's English) |
| Oct 14, 2008 03:47 | #25 |
| GUEST23295 | this ws a gr8 stori. one of my favorit 1ns. i lik non fiction. |
| Oct 14, 2008 04:08 | #26 |
| GUESTEMASEK | This is western propaganda; every body know that our Chinese Zheng He is the greatest sea explorer and discoverer. Do you know that America is discovered by this great man before that Columbus Spaniard? Of course the western people are too arrogant to credit a Chinese with this achievement because they think they are superior. |
| Oct 14, 2008 10:10 | #27 |
| Guestmasek - that is simply not true! Two questions: 1) if Zheng discovered America before Columbus, why did we have to wait over 400 years for Chinese food? 2) Why is there Columbus, Ohio and not Zheng, Ohio??? I rest my case! |
| Oct 16, 2008 01:30 | #28 |
| Ibn Battutah (1304-1368) in his Travelogue (Rihla) probably like Marco Polo (1254-1324), only managed to visit the southern provinces of China, namely Khanfu (Guangzhou as knowned by the Arabs) and Quanzhou (Fujian), that is why Marco Polo nor Ibn Battutah ever mentioned the Great Wall of China. In his journey Ibn Battuttah did mention Marco Polo. The Arabs were in Guangzhou as early as 650 where a mosque named Huaisheng was established. Thus, probably coffee was already in China earlier than 1600. |
| Oct 29, 2008 10:29 | #29 |
| GUEST96238 | Leonardo is there something you dont know. Good. With all the help you are getting,will leave all of you,still stupified and still have no answers. Real smart |
| Feb 1, 2009 07:30 | #30 |
| GUEST74198 | wow, this threat is really good! has a lot of informations that i need for my projects! thx all who have contributed here. |
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