Eurasian

The Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius In 79 A.D. One of the most well known ancient volcanic eruptions in European history is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. This catastrophic eruption took place in southern Italy, and completely devastated the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing thousands of people. What was most memorable about this infamous disaster was how Pompeii and Herculaneum became frozen in time from the Volcano’s eruption. The cities and their inhabitants…

traumatized. What had happened was a magnitude 7.9 earthquake that annihilated most of the southwest China. The epicenter of this disaster was located near the city of Dujiangyan. The earthquake was caused by the collision of the Indian-Australian and Eurasian Plates along the 155 miles long Longmenshan fault, thrusting the ground up by 29 feet. The earthquake in Sichuan had one of the most drastic influences on people, places, and China’s economy. The earthquake in Sichuan China took a massive…

such as weapons and transportation by domestic animals for example horses, are ways that society and people expanded and conquered each other. Sickness that started from germs was also a way expansion was developed. On the contrary, Diamond states, “Eurasian germs played a key role in decimating native peoples in many other parts of the world” (Diamond, 213). These parts are Pacific Island, aboriginal Australians, and the Khoisan. These epidemic diseases played a role in European colonization,…

were Cuban. He moved to Virginia soon after schools were desegregated, and the white students were resentful of the minority students who had no options for playmates but each other (Arango). Sui Sin Far in “Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian” found herself in a similar situation as a child, when a passerby recommends that Sui’s friend not speak to her because she is mixed race. A similar situation with reversed roles occurs when Sui is an adult and an acquaintance tells her she…

Spanish has developed greatly over several centuries. Many immigrants, colonies, explorers or added words to the language have influenced the language itself. Spanish is the language that 332 million people call their own. The history of Spanish can go back at least back to the Indo-Europeans. Research by Historical Linguistics shows how the Indo-Europeans were connected with the Spanish language. To begin with, William Jones, a British judge who lived in India was the first person to suggest…

Monarchy, Republic and Empire. Different times have the different style of art. Roman Empire in the history of the world is also brilliant. The Empire of Rome after several wars of aggression, Empire established across the three continents of the Eurasian Empire, sea, land smoothly, arranged in a crisscross pattern not only promoted the development of trade links, but also conducive to the transmission of information, and the army redeployment, so some people say,“all roads lead to Rome.” The…

Artists have used collections to group together different objects to create art pieces. Collections can be diverse and artists can use this technique to create unique pieces that harness their own aesthetics. Both George Herm and Jean Dubuffet are artists who have used this technique. George Herm’s, The Painter’s Mind features an old piece of wood with two L shaped brackets, an orange bottlecap glued to a scrappy piece of paper and a ripped off piece of paper from the book: The Painter’s mind,…

Singapore is a country filled with many races such as Malay, Chinese, Indian and Eurasian who speak different languages. The languages include English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil. These are considered to be languages because when one person speaks Malay with a Chinese person, they might not be able to converse. This creates a barrier when…

Russia and China for the first time. Before the Mongols, Russia and China were both divided into numerous city-states led by weak, independent governments, therefore making it easy for the Mongols to take over. The Mongols also reinvigorated cross-eurasian trade. The Silk Road trading routes ,which had existed for 1,000 years, had fallen into disuse. They also started what historians call the "Pax Mongolica" - a century of peace among neighboring peoples who were all under Mongol rule. This…

The Columbian Exchange, also known as the Grand Exchange or Triangular Trade, is characterized as "A term for the global changes in the resources, habits, and values of Amerindians (American Indians/Native Americans), Europeans, Africans, and Asians that followed the “discovery” and settlement of the Americas by Europeans and Africans" (Adler and Pouwels G-4). Columbus's discovery of the Americas in 1492 sparked a new avenue of trade. "The term was coined by Alfred W. Crosby in his book The…