Nomad

The Middle East has been considered the hub for the focal point of the world’s religions. However, the Middle East in itself has contributed to the innovation and evolution of all aspects in society since its beginning. Throughout its four regimes it has contributed culturally, ethnically and religiously in many methods. But, the early modern regime controlled itself and managed to blossom itself to the world religiously, ethnically, and culturally. The Middle East has flourished on its…

Introduction- The Young Chavez in Adobe Cesar Chavez endured trials and tribulations throughout much of his youthful life. Chavez was reared up in the same small adobe hut where he was born, in which there was not much livable space for Chavez, his mother and father. As we critique here, there is a realization in taking a little and making a lot. Whether it be space or time, nothing is impossible. Adobe is a natural building material made from clay and sand mixed with water and an organic…

Who am I as a Bible reader? My family and the community where I grew in have played a big role in making who I am today. The norms and tradition which my family cultivates and community instilled in me has made me value competence, honesty, care, kindness, and patience, and taking care of my loved ones. By the time I was born, Christianity was already a dominant religion and everybody in my family including my extended family was a Christian. But long years ago, my forefathers were not…

This research essay looks at the potentials and limitations of DNA and human remains in archaeological research using two case studies. The first case study focuses on the potentials and limitations of the extraction of Mycobacterium Bovis from DNA to further understand the pathological history of societies in Southern Siberia. The second case study looks into the successful reconstruction of DNA sequences from Neanderthal fossil remains and the limitations that appeared during its study. DNA…

1. The flourishing of Egyptian and Nubian societies along the Nile River can be attributed largely to the shift in climate which happened in North Africa during the 6th millennium B.C.E.; the general migration of the Sudanic nomads disseminated itself over time along the Nile Delta, and down the river itself. 2. Until the completion of the Aswan Dam (1968), the Nile always flooded yearly, creating floodplains and leaving alluvial mineral deposits in the downstream soil which made it very…

their subsequent rule. The shang were skilled workers in bone, jade, ceramics, stone, wood, shells, and bronze. The people of the Shang dynasty lived off of the land. As time passed, the shang settled permanently on farms instead of wandering as nomads. Also the shang developed forms of irrigation and flood control. The shang grew wheat, rice, and barley crops and also domesticated pigs, dogs, sheep, oxen, and silkworms. The Shang had created a social pyramid, with the king at the top,…

So I will just talk bout the silk road. The silk road is a 4000 mile network of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to regions of Asian continent connecting from the East to the west. Merchants, Pilgrims, monks, nomads, soldiers and urban dwellers usually travelled the road from India China and people from the Mediterranean Sea during various periods of time. The silk road was active from 114 BCE beginning during the Han dynasty to the 1450s! That’s a long time…

and 1600. The warfare necessitated the creation of new technology such as the harnessing of gunpowder, in order to gain an advantage over other states. The development of these technologies was less useful for countries such as China, who fought nomads, or for Japan who experienced a period of peace after unification under Tokugawa Shogunate. The superior firepower of guns, armour and steel swords and lances provided a technological advantage that was used in conquering the Incas in America,…

“The sum total of all thoughts and intuitions, myths and beliefs, ideas and inspirations brought into being by the human imagination since the dawn of consciousness” is best defined as ethnosphere by Wade Davis, in his introduction to Wayfinders (2). He establishes the direction of this travel log with the introduction of culture: a dynamic and complex system that characterizes societies and from it flows people’s identity. As Davis immerses the reader into a series of indigenous people groups…

Man has never been a lone wolf, but a nomad, always traveling in packs because without others Man cannot survive. Without cooperation, Man cannot live because life is not self-sustainable. For those who attempt to live on their own, they realize the hardships of being lonesome the hard way. A man who believes that one can be self-sufficient is a man with a distorted vision of reality. Therefore, McCandless’ distorted vision of reality forces him to abandon civilization and seek self-fulfillment…