Eurasia

In order to understand how the black plague manage to spread as rapidly as it did as well as how it killed as many people as it did one must first understand its origin. Through the Mongol conquest of the Afro-Eurasia, the Mongols established a large network of communication through cultural exchange. The Mongols had a great deal of religious tolerance and do to this they had a variety of different cultures within their region of influence. However, these positive outcomes did not come without…

Imagine a world in which everything is complete and utter dystopia. A world where most people hardly have any emotions or the mental capacity to think on their own and for themselves.”1984” by George Orwell is about this exact scenario, in which one man can see through the system which the government has set up. The government, also known as “Big Brother” controls everything which the people see. Big Brother writes and alters history for people to know, and also leads a brutal force called the…

Oceania’s Hate Week, in which the Party announces that, even though they had previously been stating that Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia, Oceania had actually been at war with Eastasia all along (181). This prompts all of the people gathered for Hate Week to panic, as they realize that their decorations are all wrong - they are not at war with Eurasia! Even though they may have very vivid memories of being at war…

The Mongols were a group of ferocious barbarians who traveled throughout most of Eurasia primarily interested in killing, plundering and conquering foreign lands. The Mongols started off as small ethnic groups living in villages scattered throughout China and areas of Russia. The Mongols were skilled warriors and readily invaded regions of China and Russia. Due to their strong armies, they were easily able to conquer lands that weren’t as powerful as they were. Throughout years of conquest the…

members also create banners and posters to promote their hate against the enemy. During hate week in the book, Oceania was at war with Eurasia. During the sixth day of hate week an announcement was made to the citizens of Oceania. “at just this moment it had been announced that Oceania was not after all at war with Eurasia. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Eurasia was an ally..” (Orwell 186). Then, as if nothing had happened at all, they had all started chanting in rage against Eastasia. All of…

germs and how they played a key rule in how eurasia became a super power of a continent in today's world. So early humans kept their animals in the house where they lived. Therefor they were constantly exposed to the animals and their filth. This would cause strong illnesses to come from the poor cleaning habits. For this reason these people to gain a boost in the amount of illnesses that they would become resistant to. Later on when people for Eurasia began to take over large parts of land they…

are not working. This type of propaganda is also established in the book 1984 by George Orwell. During hate week, the speaker has to change his speech to be against eastasia instead of eurasia. Even though the people were holding up anti-Eurasia signs the speaker influences them to hate Eastasia instead of Eurasia (Orwell 107). This is a slippery slope that our government is going down. If we start believing everything that they say, we will be like mindless slaves to the government who will…

for the Party needs to change his speech midway from Eurasia to EastAsia during the Hate Week Rally. The Party was saying all along that they were enemies with Eurasia, but the speaker changes mid speech and says that Eurasia is no longer the enemy and that they are allies now and EastAsia, their previous ally, is now their enemy. This made the people in the audience feel embarrassed because of the fact that they were holding signs about how Eurasia was their…

are given. According to Jared Diamond the modern world is so unequal because of location, diseases, and farming. Location plays a big role in figuring out why we are all so different. “Continents that spread out in a east-west direction, such as Eurasia had a developmental advantage because of the similar latitude.” (“The story of… The shapes of the continents”) Some of Eurasia’s advantages included the ability to transport goods, the capability of growing food almost anywhere, and being…

imports came overseas from China, cargoes from Inner Eurasia poured in through the Silk Road, therefore linking Baghdad with Egypt, Syria, North Africa, and southern Spain. II. Islam’s main religious focus was: ‘’ to bring humankind under the authority of the religion espoused by the Prophet Muhammad.’’ (WTWA 320). Arabian peoples would be the motor behind their own universal faith, which in the process, joined with forerunners in Afro-Eurasia. Especially in Baghdad, religion and religious…