Can anyone make an guess on what this book is about and summarize using your own words

This is the political, social, cultural, and economic 'time and place' surrounding the creation of a literary text.

Based on the map, which arabian city will marco polo describe after kalhat if he continues northwest across the arabian sea?

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.