Eurasia

possible for two countries in different parts of the world to have things in common? France and Jordan, are on two different continents with France in Europe and Jordan in Asia. These two continents are connected and are sometimes referred to as Eurasia. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that these two countries share more cultural similarities in terms of the Hofstede’s six cultural dimensions than differences and this can come in very handy in business dealings. Cultural…

The westward sweep of Atilla the Hun from Eurasia caused mass migration of barbarian tribes into the outskirts of the Empire. Given the Western Empire’s economic downturn it’s armies were already sparse and weak and the continuos barrage of barbarian hordes along the borders depleted them further…

Nostalgia manifests itself in many ways; the art of calligraphy is essentially a nostalgic search of the lost totems. Chinese characters are not immutable. As a matter of fact, behind every Chinese character there is a history of evolution, from the ancient oracle bone scripts to modern simplified Chinese characters. In this way, every generation inherits the tradition of Chinese characters, and then overthrows the tradition. Before a nostalgic Chinese speaker can use the lost totems as…

Homo Neanderthalensis: Understanding Its Species and Importance in Human Evolution Homo neanderthalensis, more commonly known as Neandertals, are the closest extinct relative of the genus species Homo sapiens. Homo neanderthalensis lived approximately 30,000 to 125,000 years ago, populating regions of Europe and southwestern Asia. In 1856, near Dusseldorf, Germany, the very first Homo neanderthalensis remains were found in a cave in the Neander Valley, pronounced Neander Tal in old German),…

Since the emergence of the genus Homo, the hominins went through great patterns of evolution over generations. Through series of adaptations, the genus Homo spread in various geographic locations and eventually emerged as anatomically modern humans. With the allele frequency changes that evolved in the genus Homo, there is key evidence that microevolution led to macroevolution. From speciation to extinction, the modern synthesis helps us explain not only the mechanisms of evolution and the…

Although 21st Century Western society is not using gold coins as currency anymore, it still holds the same over invested attitude towards buying, selling, and the importance of a good business-customer relationship. This book, The Letters of Medieval Jewish Traders written by S.D. Goiten features the retrieved letters of Jewish traders from the High Middle Ages. Although to the regular non-historian, this topic might be slightly bland; to the Historian, remaining letters from what were…

History has encountered a great deal of influential leaders such as Julius Caesar , Hannibal and Alexander the Great. Surprisingly enough one of the world’s greatest warriors is always left out of the equation , Genghis Khan of the Mongolian Tribe. Today in our society , they are portrayed as savages who had the sole purpose of wiping out entire cultures , destroying villages and murdering the most people possible. While part of this statement was true , let’s not forget that the old world was…

African influence in ancient Asia and Mesopotamia 

 The earliest modern humans to live in Asia and Mesopotamia were those Homo sapiens who migrated from Africa (Rashidi 2012, 18). These humans impacted the first ancient civilizations and in turn, aspects of today's culture. The African presence is seen in art and architecture, spiritual ideas, and in the creation of physical civilizations.…

On Dec. 7, 1941, radios buzzed with the news that several hundred Japanese planes attacked a U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,400 Americans as well as damaging or destroying eight Navy battleships and more than 100 planes. Though it would be some time before people learned the full scope of the damage, within days a once-distant war in Europe and the Pacific became a central part of life in the United States, affecting politics, business, media, and entertainment.…

recorded history is overshadowed by the (relatively recent) European/Anglo dominance. Asia is a complex, rich, and multifaceted region to explore, and is especially enlightening to examine in the time leading up to the 1700’s when both sides of the Eurasia were beginning to meet. Asia’s economies, governmental structures, and later interactions with Europeans tell a story that shows both how similar people on opposite side of the globe can be, and how slightly different…