Nomad

The Silk Road came into being partially due to the Parthians, Chinese General Zhang Jian, and trade with the nomads. The Parthians were a dynasty established by a nomadic leader in order to avoid the Seleucid kings’ control after Alexander the Great’s empire. It helped establish the Silk Road because it was located at the threshold of Central Asia and it shared customs and traded with nomads to the east. In 228 B.C.E., Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty sent general Zhang Jian across Inner Asia to…

What makes a Christian school a Christian school? Bruce Heckman, in his article, “Schools as Communities of Grace” argues that “Christian schools should be known as communities of grace-places where visitors clearly see God at work in the way relationships are conducted.” If it is the case, what are the things that the Christian school should be doing to reflect that view? Many Christian schools today are not very different from public schools. Some of the problems found in Christian schools…

World of the Mongols The document surrounding the World of the Mongols, focuses on the community, the laws, and the society the Mongol’s lived in. My reasoning for choosing this article is based on the involvement of women in their society, something that is not seen in a large portion of the world at that time. I also chose this article because of the mere fact that history in my secondary education, did not touch upon the Mongols, and only focused on European studies, something that has…

The Silk Road is the most well-know trading route in Eurasia that mixed products and religions across a wide range of cultures and people. Around the first century BCE many trade routes stretching from China to Central Asia merged into one large interconnected route. It allowed other countries to experience new things from different cultures. The Silk Road was the major route of the new wave of religion. It opened long-distance economic relations between civilizations. The silk road did not…

the Han dynasty both collapsed during the classical era for similar and contrasting reasons. The fall of both empires occurred due to internal pressures like epidemic diseases, economic and social issues while external problems like invasions and nomads taking place at the same time. After both empires collapsed, the regions faced change in their culture like the spread of Buddhism and Christianity and adaptation to the previous empires customs. The fall of both empires occurred for similar…

Expansion and colonization were a major movement for many European countries. From the exploration of the sea to invasion of the land surrounding the borders, much was achieved. However, by taking a look at Willard Sunderland’s Taming the Wild Field and John C. Weaver’s The Great Land Rush it is obvious that not every empire’s approached colonization in the same way. Sunderland explores Imperial Russia while Weaver investigates the British Empire and the settlement of the United States of…

In the Alchemist, Santiago exemplifies reverence through acting in accordance with the advice of the erudite old man named Melchizedek. After recently leaving his previous nomad lifestyle, Santiago finds motivation from the advice of the old man and goes on to pursue his personal legend. Discovering the validity of the old man through the confirmation of a gypsy, Santiago extols Melchizedek and decides to apply the wisdom given to him by the old man. Melchizedek, responding to the contents…

advancement of artillery was generally a tactic used in order for overtaking, such as Ivan IV in Russia. In this advancement of weaponry also laid an element of fear. While some used it to gain power and take over with it, others such as the steppe nomads of Russia refused to leave the power that had allowed them to reign previously, and were overtaken due to them not taking advantage of the advancement. In order to make his voyages, Henry not only had a desire and reason to make these voyages…

Great Wall of China The symbol of china is recognized as the Great Wall of China’s history. The wall was built because of Qin Shi Huang he built it because he want barbarians and nomads to stop invading china. Building the wall did not prevent the barbarians and nomads from trying to get across and it is still a powerful symbol of strength of china. The Great Wall of China was traced to the third century B.C. , some of the walls were dated from hundreds of years earlier. When the wall as dated,…

The term Scythians refers to the warrior nomads who inhabited the Black Sea region in the Early Iron Age, the territory of the present-day Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, and Russia. They appear in ancient historical sources as remarkably vivid nomadic groups who embraced a powerful domination over neighbouring populations in Early Iron Age Eurasia. Even though the main driving force of this supremacy were cultural factors they had to differ from other human groups also in terms of biological and…