To this city also are brought articles of greater cost and rarity, and in greater abundance of all kinds, than to any other city in the world. for people of every description, and from every region . . including all the costly wares of india, as well as the fine and precious goods of cathay . . some for the sovereign, some for the court, some for the city which is so great . . between court and city the quantity brought in is endless. as a sample, i tell you, no day in the year passes that there do not enter the city 1,000 cartloads of silk alone. which description summarizes marco polo’s description of beijing? a small city that does not care for trade a large city untouched by foreign influence a large city with vibrant foreign trade an isolated city hostile to foreigners

Marco Polo was deeply impressed by the East. As a european from the XIII century, he wasn't used to the sight of so much trade, luxury and comfort. He travelled through the whole Silk Road, but it was China, and especially its capital Beijing, what made the biggest impression on him. On this excerpt he describes the city as A large city with vibrant foreign trade.

D; A large city with vibrant foreign trade

Explanation:

the industrial revolution pushed the world into modern industrialization. it changed the course of history profoundly. it caused rapid urbanization and pushed cities and countries into development. the industrial revolution began in great britain with a series with new inventions which led to the creation of machines and mass production.

this caused the country to gain wealth and money and become an international superpower. it improved transportation and manufacturing inside the country, pushed people to live in urban areas and britain to become the most powerful nation in the world for a while.

explanati“there were many such dangers, in which the odds were all against them. their children were not as well as they had been at home; but how could they know that there was no sewer to their house, and that the drainage of fifteen years was in a cesspool under it? how could they know that the pale-blue milk that they bought around the corner was watered, and doctored with formaldehyde besides? when the children were not well at home, teta elzbieta would gather herbs and cure them; now she was obliged to go to the drugstore and buy extracts–and how was she to know that they were all adulterated? how could they find out that their tea and coffee, their sugar and flour, had been doctored; that their canned peas had been colored with copper salts, and their fruit jams with aniline dyes? and even if they had known it, what good would it have done them, since there was no place within miles of them where any other sort was to be had? the bitter winter was coming, and they had to save money to get more clothing and bedding; but it would not matter in the least how much they saved, they could not get anything to keep them warm. all the clothing that was to be had in the stores was made of cotton and shoddy, which is made by tearing old clothes to pieces and weaving the fiber again. if they paid higher prices, they might get frills and fanciness, or be cheated; but genuine quality they could not obtain for love nor moneyon: