Nomad

to settle in villages and develop a somewhat civilized culture. The Cheyenne tribe holds a great legacy and culture that still exists today (Alchin). After the move westward by the French to the Great Plains, their culture had changed; they became nomads and hunted buffalo. After the move, the tribe separated into two groups: the northern and southern Cheyenne. The rituals and ceremonies that the tribe did were mostly like all the other tribes’ in the plains for example, the Sweat lodge…

2014 Prof Zarinebaf Cultural Transference via Mongol Means In the early 13th century many settled civilizations from Europe to Asia were shaken and sundered by a group of people who were previously unheard of. A group of people not unlike the nomad tribes of the Middle East led by the Prophet Muhammad, a group of people not unlike the Saxons and later Vikings of continental Europe who brought about the destruction of the Roman Empire many years prior. For like these other driven peoples in…

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford is a well-written account of the steppe nomad Temüjin on his journey to unify the Mongolian Steppe Nomads. In the process Temüjin, known formally as Genghis Khan, and his successors conquered much of the eastern world in a series of campaigns spanning several centuries. These campaigns left their mark, both good and bad, on the conquered lands and can be seen today in the cultures and ideas of the modern world. Weatherford’s…

himself to be a loner and a nomad within the first few pages of the story. While he is many things that contradict the depression that may be inflicted on such an individual in his position, he is also a walking contradiction in himself, as he is a boy from many different tribes, and also a loner. He decides on his own he is not simply an Indian, and not only white. The novel ends with a conversation between himself and Rowdy wherein Rowdy support Arnold being a nomad and understands the dualism…

occurred between ca. 8000 and 2000 B. C. E.” (6). The fugitives saved by the Scarlet Pimpernel could be compared to the travelling nomads discussed in chapter two of Earth and Its Peoples, because neither groups could stay in one place for an extended period of time. One exception would be that, instead of being attacked like the fugitives in The Scarlet Pimpernel, the nomads discussed in the textbook attacked Nubia, causing Nubia’s downfall in the early fourth century C. E. During the French…

The Silk Road’s ancient trade routes allowed for cultural and material trade throughout the Mediterranean to East Asia. Xinru Liu’s The Silk Road in World History exemplifies the complex exchange of commodities and ideas between different nations and peoples. Starting with the Chinese looking west and ending with the Mongol conquest. Liu’s focus gives the reader examples of specific historic events that were only able to take place because of this intricate trade network. This paper will examine…

population is living in capital city Ulaanbaatar and rest of the population is spread all over the country and living in nomadic life style but last few years, they tend to not move from one place to another. The number of nomads has significantly decreased over the last years. Nomads move to the capital city because they attracted by city lights and perceived advantages of urban life. But it is leading to high unemployment rate because they don’t know where to work. That’s why Mongolian…

contrast to the United States, milk and cheese production has been commercialized into a multi-million dollar industry, creating white collar jobs that are high recognized in our modern society. The major problem that the Basseri encounter being a nomad culture, is inaccessibility to modern facilities like agricultural schools, modern tools and hospitals for better health care. Another devastating experience is droughts which can destroy livestock…

The impact of the Silk Road upon European and Asian civilizations was immense. Resulting in cultural diffusion on a massive scale the Silk Road provided a conduit for the migration of foreign ideals, philosophies, and religions. Along with this wealth of information came the silk and spice trades, the founding products that led to the original creation and prosperity of the Silk Road. Together these two basic principles of wealth and a lust for knowledge drove the forces that changed European…

Based on the descriptions by Caesar and Poseidonius, the Gauls share a few characteristics with the Scythians. Caesar describes the Gauls as warlike and also states that they have a fondness for wine and occasionally “offer, or vow to offer, human sacrifices” (141). Poseidonius describes a custom of the Gauls in which they “hang the heads of their enemies from the necks of their horses” and upon returning home nail the heads to their homes (247). All of these features match Herodotus’…