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Marco Polo was one of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to Asia during the Middle Ages. He traveled farther than any of his predecessors during his 24-year journey along the Silk Road, reaching China and Mongolia, where he became a confidant of Kublai Khan.
Explanation:
Because history gives us the tools to analyze and explain problems in the past, it positions us to see patterns that might otherwise be invisible in the present – thus providing a crucial perspective for understanding (and solving!) current and future problems.
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In 1653 England became a Republic under the protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. But after Cromwell died, his son Richard was incapable of continuing what his father started, so in 1660 Monarchy was restored when Charles II Stuart took the throne.
His reign was not a successful one, and was marked with many problems. When he died in 1685, his brother James took the throne. As he was an open Catholic, people were afraid that he will restore Catholicism in the country. That is why Mary and William of Orange were called to take the throne. James who had no support ran to France, and Mary and William came to England.
Explanation:
In general history of 17th Century England is marked with political struggles between the members of Stuart dynasty and supporters of Parliament. The Glorious Revolution, an event that brought Mary and William to the throne end the period of this quarrels.
Newbold Plow - cast iron plow by Charles Newbold
The Newbold Plow
The plow evolved from the all-wood designs of antiquity, to the use of iron parts. In 1720, the first English patent for a wooden moldboard sheathed with iron was issued to Joseph Foljambe. From that the evolution to plows made with cast iron moldboards and shares occurred in Scotland in 1785 by James Small. These cast iron plows were then imported to the U.S.
Charles Newbold, born in Chesterfield, NJ (1780), spent his teenage years investigating the use of cast iron to improve on the heavy iron-clad wooden plow then available. He was issued the first US patent for a plow on 26 Jun 1797. The plow was cast as one piece—the moldboard, share, and land-side all cast together—with wooden handles and beam added.
