Eurasia

George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, demonstrates that in a society, human dignity can easily be compromised. George Orwell’s novel is set in a dystopian world where human morals and beliefs can be easily manipulated through the author's construction of the theme in the book. Orwell portrays this ideology by character relationships in the book. The relationships, between Julia, Winston and O’Brien provoke that human virtues are easily eradicated. The different aspects of…

circumnavigation of the world by Juan Sebastian Elcano and Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, expeditions led by conquistadors in the 16th century established trading routes linking Europe with all these areas. Infections got around worldwide from Africa and Eurasia to the Americas. The spread of diseases like smallpox and typhus declined the number of people in the New World. The natives of the New World were not immune to the diseases…

leadership in two religions, and impacted history indirectly in a myriad of other ways. At its height, the Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in history, stretching from the Sea of Japan to the Carpathian Mountains. Although its impact on Eurasia during…

Eric Arthur Blair, more commonly known by his pseudonym George Orwell was born in near Bengal, India in 1903. Orwell is most famous for his work dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a book published in 1949 and still widely read today. As a young man, Orwell was vehemently against imperialism, a political ideology of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. At the age of 24, Orwell began developing a personality that would influence his authorial style.…

domesticate and tame an animal that is naturally used to following a leader, because all one must do is convince the animal that the leader is them. There are only fourteen large mammals who fit all the requirements. Thirteen of which originated in Eurasia, giving them the obvious advantage. The fourteenth one being the llama, which originated in South America. None of the animals came from places like Africa, where there is little vegetation and lots of…

The Silk Road was a network of trading routes, involving the passing of goods to people from city to city. Between 200 BCE to 1450 CE the Silk Road had experienced important transitions that would alter societies, including major religions, the social hierarchies, and the rise and fall of empires. With these changes, some of the ideas of society stayed consistent like the desire for luxury goods by the upper class. The Silk Roads played a major role in the spread of multiple religions. The…

tools such as these led archaeologists to believe that they had greater cognitive abilities than their ancestors. (Kottak 185) There is evidence provided from a site called Dmanisi that suggests the migration of early Homo species from Africa to Eurasia was…

The meaning of “War is peace Freedom is slavery Ignorance is strength” It is by analyzing the slogans that we realize the irony that they bring. This interesting quote, written by George Orwell in his famous novel called 1984, made many of his lectors quite perplexed at the beginning of the lecture. What was Orwell trying to communicate by initiating this little paragraph in his novel? What is its meaning? Of course, through the reading of this satirical fiction, the lecturers get to…

What does John Green list as five primary arguments for Mongol “awesomeness?” What? Why?/Result? 1. They did reinvigorate cross Eurasian trade. They were able to tax trading through their empire. 2. They increased communication through Eurasia. People were able to communicate throughout Asia. 3. Another thing that traveled along Mongol trade routes was cuisine. Foods were spread throughout Asia. 4. The Mongols forcibly relocated people who were useful to…

In 1984 Winston slowly becomes more rebellious in the dystopian society of Eurasia. In a society when no Party member can freely express their opinions symbolism becomes a big part of George Orwell’s story. Winston was afraid afraid to fully express many of his thoughts and ideas. Orwell uses symbols to help the reader understand certain themes and thoughts of Winston. Orwell uses certain items to symbolize such themes as governmental abuse, rebellion, and freedom. From a tangible object…