Who was
Marco Polo?
He was a Venetian merchant traveler from the Venetian Republic
What
historical period is the text from? What do you
known about this period?
Is from the
Middle Age, around the end of the 12th century. Nothing, I’m
a bastard.
What region
does the text discuss? What do we call it nowadays?
The text
discuss about Cathay, a Asiatic region situated between the Yellow and Yangzi
rivers, (YAO MING)
Compare the
technological development of the East with that of the West during this period.
In this
period the East was more advanced than the West in technological development.
Why do you
think the book is given this title?
Because in
this period was very amazing that a stone can burn during a lot of time.
What stones
do you think the text is talking about?
It’s
talking, obviously, about the coal.
What
properties and advantages do the stones in the text have?
The coal
can burn during all night and it’s very easy to started burn.
