In 1787, a Russian statesman and former lover of Catherine the Great named Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin hastily erected a number of phony “mobile villages” along the banks of the Dnieper River. ... Accurate or not, the terms “Potemkin village” and “Potemkin facade” (or simply the word “Potemkin”) have stuck.
Answer:
As famous as Marco Polo is, he didn't invent anything. However, other inventions such as the compass and the boat influenced Polo. Marco Polo used the compass on all of his travels but especially to reach Asia.
Explanation:
To give African Americans a education so they had something to do with their life and could match up to the Whites in some form!
