Eurasia

world. Whether it be resources or knowledge; it came to Europe first, then spread to the other continents. Plant and animal domestication initially happened in Eurasia; it led to food surpluses which ultimately led to why empires, knowledge, and steel weapons emerged earlier in Eurasia and late or never in other continents. The fact Eurasia had all these advantages gave them the capacity to not think about food and the ability to become innovative and find other ways to do things. This in my…

completely applicable to 1984 in that the Party rewrites history and it becomes the “truth”. The Party unifies Oceania through the Two Minutes Hate, the creation of a common enemy, Goldstein, and the endless warfare waged against the powers of Eastasia or Eurasia. At the same time, when foreign lands are conquered by Oceania, the people of these regions are not embraced as a diverse population, but are rather brainwashed into hating Goldstein and the power with which Oceania is at war. In 1984…

East Asia, cotton, sugar, and citrus throughout the Dar-al-Islam. 3.1.IV.B Diseases and pathogens spread, such as the Black Death. 3.2 Some states attempted to revive imperial structures with less centralized states in Afro-Eurasia. The caliphate was introduced to Afro-Eurasia by the expansion of Islam. Powerful states developed in Mesoamerica and the Andean region. 3.2.I.A The post-classical states avoided the mistakes of classical empires by reconstituting government in Byzantine empires…

Through his book Guns Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond has masterfully woven together the historical developments across many cultures and different time periods. In doing so, he illustrates the historical themes that have been consistently relevant in human history. The main themes are interactions between humans and nature, development of cultures, state-building/expansion, and the evolution of economic systems and social structures. Throughout Guns Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond constantly…

Forty-eight years ago today, in the year of 1969, the people of Papua New Guinea were still using stone tools. Whereas, families in the U.S. were watching on television as their countryman were landing on the moon. There has to be a reason for the people of Papua New Guinea using stone tools in the modern age, while countries like the U.S. are more advanced in technology and this country hasn’t been around as long as countries in Europe and Africa. Geography is the reason of the inequality…

increased trade and aided in the cross-cultural pollination of ideas and cuisine, these achievements came at the expense of upwards of fifty million lives during the span of their brutal conquests. The Mongolian Invasions increased trade across Eurasia and spread ideas across the empire. The nomadic way of life for the Mongols caused them to recognize the importance of trade and give them a positive opinion on merchants and commerce. The Mongols repaired the silk road and…

Discuss: Martin’s hypothesis of the Pleistocene Overkill states that humans were directly responsible for the extinction of the large mammals in north Eurasia and the Americas during the Late Pleistocene era. Martin observed that there is a connection between the time humans began inhabiting north Eurasia and the Americas, and the extinction of the majority of enormous mammals. The overkill hypothesis states that the predecessors of the Native Americans arrived in North America (approximately…

The Mayans were located far from the central hub in the ancient world, Eurasia. Almost all the Mayans achieved was based off what they did themselves, as there was little to no contact with other civilizations. Ideas, such as farming, were seen in Eurasia as early as 7000 BCE with the farming of effective crops like wheat and rice. The same idea of farming was not seen in the New World until 3000 BCE Even when…

Why are Some Nations Rich and Some Poor? Climate, Location, and Agriculture are critical to a civilization’s ability to prosper, and have shaped the world’s political and economic climate since the beginning of civilization. Jared Diamond’s book Guns, Germs, and Steel asserts that in order for a society to become complex a surplus and steady supply of food is needed, for the more food a civilization has the bigger the population becomes. It is within these large populations that advanced…

Silk Road is a prime example of trading that involved more than just silk, as its name may suggest. The Silk road was an ancient network of trade routes that spanned from China to the Mediterranean and also branched off into different regions of Eurasia. All of the trading done through this system played a tremendous role in developing cities…