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Marie Van Roste - Phones (First Paragraph: (about modern day marco polo…

- - - - Marco Polo was an Italian merchant, explorer, and writer, born in the Republic of Venice.
      - Born in in Venice 1254, deiaed in 1324
      - In 1298 he got captured and put in a jail cell. 1299 he aws released. 1307 writter publishes his book. Rustichello
        
        Marco Polo’s stories about his travels in Asia were published as a book called The Description of the World, later known as The Travels of Marco Polo. Just a few years after returning to Venice from China, Marco commanded a ship in a war against the rival city of Genoa. He was eventually captured and sentenced to a Genoese prison, where he met a fellow prisoner and writer named Rustichello. As the two men became friends, Marco told Rustichello about his time in Asia, what he'd seen, where he'd traveled and what he'd accomplished.
    - - Marco Polo was and still is important because he is one of the first and most famous Europeans to travel to Asia during the Middle Ages. He traveled further than anyone before him. During his 24-year journey along the Silk Road, he faced a lot of challenges including being thrown into a jail but he also faced good things such as becoming a confidant of Kublai Khan (Mongolian emperor).
    - - Marco Polo influenced the Renaissance period by bringing back inventions and ideas from his travels. Some things he introduced to Europe were; Pasta, Paper Money, Coal, Lenses, Gunpowder, Silk and Spices. Paper Money: Revolutionized finance and commerce in Europe.
      - Marco Polo is known for his accomplishments as a world traveler and pioneer. He expanded trade routes in Asia, including the Silk Road. Marco Polo was not the first European to reach China, but he was the first to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience.
      - If marco polo hadn't gone on his travels, the modern world mightve not had all these ivnetions, aslo maybe Christopher Colombus might have not been inspired to become an explorer and discover america.
    - - traveled from europe to asia 1271-1295
      - Influences Europe map makes
- - - - Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. He also founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.
    - - Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone
        
        About the telephone
        
        The form of communication first came through by Johann Philipp Reis in 1863. His machine consisted of a vibrating membrane that opened or closed an electric circuit. Reis only used his machine to demonstrate the nature of sound, while Alexander Graham Bell wanted to make a way to communicate with people.
        
        Alexander Graham Bell found the telephone in 1876.
        
        This invention helped revutolonize the communication throughout the world.
        
        Long distance service was first available in 1881. However the transmission rates were really bad. It was very difficult to hear.
        
        What are the uses of phone?
        
        Mobile phones are used for multiple reasons, such as keeping in touch with family members,conducting business and in case of emergencies.
        
        How many phones are sold per day?
        
        Over 34,000 iPhones are sold every hour. Analysts expected numbers around 65 million, and the previous record, 51 million iPhone sales in the first quarter of last years.
        
        Why are phones bad for you?
        
        Can cause certain types of cancer/health problems
        
        According to the British Chiropractic Association, our obsession with smartphones has led to a rise in the number of young people with back problems, as the amount of time spent leaning over small phone screens can put spinal discs under pressure. Thanks to our technological lifestyle, 45% of 16 to 24-year-olds suffer from back pain.
        
        A University of Washington study found that texting pedestrians were four times more likely to ignore the lights or forget to look for traffic before crossing.
        
        Anxiety
        
        Young people, who spend 11 hours looking at their screens every day, expect constant updates from their friends, and a lull in messages can lead to anxiety.
        
        Depression
        
        Lynn Evans blames smartphones for this increase, saying that it allows teenagers to carry a world of cyber bullying with them wherever they go.
        
        Sleep
        
        More than 60 per cent of 18- to 29-year-old smartphone users take their phones to bed, but studies have found that just two hours exposure to brightly lit screens can supress melatonin and lead to sleeping troubles.
        
        Evolution of Phones
        
        Iphones were first introduced in 2007 by Steve Jobs
        
        In 1992 Rob Stothard and Getty People introduced the first smart phone
        
        Hand- Held Mobile Phone was first was by a Motorola employee called Martin Cooper in 1973.
        
        Bell was interested in telephony was derived from his background in vocal physiology and his speech instruction to the deaf.
    - - They were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, when he made the first call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Thomas Watson: "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you."
- - - - Marco Polo: affected people in good ways, he showed people what things were beyond europe and he inspired other people to travel around. He connected to continents together
        Phone: while phones affect people in a bad and good way. Phones impact people because they are always able to communicate but it is also bad for your health. While Marco Polo's travels or things he brought back were mostly good for the countries.
    - - Phones are modern day Marco Polo because a lot of people these day are affected by their phones in positive and bad ways. Phone's have an impact of everyday lives, without phones people would be less connected and less safe. As well as that people can saty connected through the phones. Marco polo was the same, he opened people's eyes of the world and influenced them in both bad and good ways.
- - - - Marco Polo was a great explorer and he became a confidant of Kublai Khan, after 24 years Marco came back to Venice with stories to tell and other things like coal, paper money and more. Also, he made a book called "The travels of Marco Polo"
        Alexander Graham Bell created a phone to help deaf people and to be able to create electronic speech. These two are related because they both created things that helped the world evolve and revolutionize