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    Rise Of The Silk Road

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    trade lay solely in the promise of economic growth and the hope of gaining a militarial upper hand over the nomads on the Central Asian Steppe. The main threat to Chinese borders was northern nomads, so in attempt to foster appeasement and build nomadic alliances, China gifted luxuries such as silk to nomad chiefs. This strategy worked well with the Yuezhi nomads, but the Xiongnu nomads remained hostile, going so far as to drive the Yuezhi westward out of the steppe and into Bactria. Then,…

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    could do 80/90 mi/day; strike before enemy defense & go back to steppes only to reappear quickly • Chinggis Khan gave org., discipline, & unity  no more fights since loyal to khagan  instead of fighting w/n group, conquest & tribute (from other nomads’ areas & civilized areas around steppes) •…

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    Being able to establish permanent civilizations would lead to many technological advantages that may not have occurred for nomads. Also, unless they over used resources, there was a higher chance of having a stable income of food in a permanent civilization rather than wandering until food was located. As a nomad, there was no guarantee food would be found in time to meet their needs. Also, the quality of live improved with the beginning of Neolithic food producers…

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    handle the situation with the prisoner and declines Baldacci’s orders to take him to the police headquarters. In addition, on pg. 38 of “Exile and the Kingdom” shows that the prisoner is given a choice to go to the police or live peacefully with the nomads. Thus, Camus also emphasizes some existential traits on the Arab prisoner. In addition, the human condition plays a part in “The Guest” because it describes the isolation Daru goes through and the morality Daru invokes. These ideas of human…

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    The humanitarian Queen Ceres whom is considered to be a hero because she rescued barbarian nomads from the wilderness and ignorance. Queen Ceres brought the nomads from the forest to the orderly society of cities and towns (Pisan). Consequently, the nomads lives were enriched with education and occupations which severed the needs of society (Pisan). The humanitarian Isis whom taught the graft form of propagating plants and…

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    human being has lived and it is known as the Old Stone Age it is approximately 2.5 million years ago and that is when people are nomads. The Neolithic age is known as the New Stone age and that is when people learned how to farm. The Paleolithic period is the prehistoric period that is when humans begin to survive. Humans around the Paleolithic age period are basically nomads. In order for them to survive they…

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    Berbers Research Paper

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    The Berbers The Berbers, also known as Imazighen which means ”free men” are indigenous group from Northwest Africa where they are mostly concentrated in Morocco and Algeria but smaller communities are spread out in to the east and south. Berbers have lived in Africa since the earliest recorded time. They take up about forty percent of Moroccan population and around thirty percent live in Algeria. Berbers mainly live in desert regions like the Sahara and in the Atlas Mountains. The reason the…

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    The Wodaabe

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    On the southern fringes of the Sahel desert of West Africa is one of the most extraordinary tribes on earth. They are despised by many of their neighbors and struggle to exist in such hostile environment; but for the Wadaabe nomads beauty is just as important as survival. The Wodaabe often compare themselves to birds, they move across the land almost as they please. They are beautiful like birds and just like birds of the wilderness, they put on a show to empress the women. Every year they…

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    Vikings Facts

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    Essay “The conquerors of the North” Contrary to most beliefs, Vikings, which comes from the Latin word vikingr ,or pirate in Scandinavian , were not blood thirsty and vicious men most often read about. They were actually farmers, hunter gatherers ,and nomads. Most entertainment dealing with Viking life , often focuses on the negative and many battles throughout their history, and not on their daily life.(livescience.com.RyanGoodrich.VikingHistory:Facts and myths.April 20,2016.Accessed:August…

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    ways of life known as settler and nomadic. Nomads, or ‘bedouins,’ were small tribes that would travel from place to place, seeking water and grazing land for their herds. Because there was so little land to farm in the desert, they would travel often because of rainfall or food for the herds they traveled with. Life as a bedouin was difficult and required adaptability and resourcefulness in the harsh desert environment. As time went on, many nomads banned together in close-knit groups called…

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