Asia Minor Research Paper

Ancient Mesopotamia, sometimes referred to as the “Cradle of Civilization”, was located in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, bringing the Greek origin of its name, of “land between rivers”. There were two very different regions in ancient Mesopotamia:

One way geography can affect the lives of people in the Ancient World is by allowing them to flourish permanent settlements. One important geographical feature that paved the way for permanent settlements is rivers. Rivers are necessary for major cities in the Ancient World to remain prosperous, as seen in the Geography of the Ancient Middle East Map (Doc 5). Rivers provide fertile soil for farming and plentiful drinking water. In Mesopotamia, two major rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates helped shape civilization for the next 2000 years. In Egypt, however, the Nile River was so important; it was given a hymn, as

In South Asia and Southeast Asia changes occurred due to the Indian Ocean trade network between 500 CE to 1450 CE economically, culturally, and politically. Some similarity the South Asia and the Southeast Asia contained was a strong economy by specialization as trade became more prominent. Once the Indian Ocean trade basin became more notable, culturally, religions Buddhism, and Islam, as well as adapting to some of Indian political tradition became a gradual change. Some difference is how the Southeastern Asia used their advantage with their dependency on maritime trade. As well as establishing Hindu temples as a center of economic and social means in addition to developing a more flexible caste system from India.

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When looking throughout history societies have always been located near water. This was partly because the fact water enables better travel compared to going over land. Waterways are very important in the transportation of goods and people throughout the world with millions of people and cargo going in and out of ports around the world at any given time. With the complex network of different connections between coastal ports, rail, air, truck, and inland ports form the foundation of economic wealth worldwide.

After the Dorian invasions, Greece went through many centuries of insignificance. Over time, they made stories about Crete and Mycenae a part of their heritage, and a new, dominate civilization that would soon influence most of the Western

The importance of geography on the overall history of a civilization cannot be overstated. Two such examples are ancient Greece and Rome. Rather than flourishing in river valleys where there was an abundance of fertile soil, these populations took root in more diverse geographical areas that required them to think beyond the typical agricultural benefits of a location. Despite this seeming liability, Greece and Rome were able to employ the unique factors in their chosen home’s geography to prosper in the ancient world.

The noble Gautauma Buddha conveyed, “Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” For centuries, Buddha’s teachings, such as this moral of rage leading to self-deprecation, has resonated with thousands of vexed souls including the eminent Mauryan Empire ruler from 269 B.C.E to 232 B.C.E, Ashoka Vardhana Maurya. As the third emperor of the world’s largest empire at its time, Ashoka was one of the first rulers to become a patron of Buddhism, enforcing the laws of the Dharma and instructing government officials to inscribe Buddhist edicts on rock pillars in various locations. After his military campaign of annihilating the independent feudal state of Kalinga,

The Cambodian government is investing in a better health system to the community. The Cambodian government has also just agreed to supplying a teacher to every school house that is build within a community, the only problem with theses school houses is that some of them are really remote and its hard to get power and internet in to the school house with is very hard to run the computers in the school house, also in the wet seasons these schools sometime become flooded and many of the children cant get to theses school houses. In Cambodia the power supply is very unsafe and came be very unreliable to the general public, some od the outer community’s in Cambodia don’t have power so the plan is to get a power supply to theses villages by 2020, there is a postage system and the system is sometimes very unreliable so the plan is to try and develop the system more so that the system is reliable. The population growth in Cambodia is changing over the last 5 years the population growth rate has grown by 1.63 percent. The roads are general services are developing over time and the basics are there. The Mekong river is one of the main rivers running throw the center of Cambodia, this river is suffering due to the dams being build on the rivers to create electricity for the city’s the problem that these dams are causing is that there

The Temple of Artemis was located in Ephesus, which is in modern day Turkey. Turkey is a part of Asia minor, which was a commercial area that received many visitors. Asia minor is an extremely famous area given that is was the home of Troy, famous for the war between the Trojans and Greeks as described in the Iliad by Homer. People from all over Asia minor came to it to worship it for different religions. Only one column of the wonder remains today, and even this one column drum has been reconstructed.

Over time, orangutans have adapted their hands from having sharp claws to having flattened nails. This led to them having really sensitive finger pads. Because their fingers are so sensitive, they can control each finger separately and feel things easily. They use their fingers to build tools and to pick bugs out of each other’s

At the corner of a busy intersection stands a masterpiece of architecture made of white marble: Mandir. My temple. My lifeline. However, this was not always the case. While living a life influenced by western culture, I often found myself struggling to maintain my Hindu identity. I felt as though I was bound by rules that anchored my feet to the ground. I was not allowed to eat out, yet I was expected to network. I was to perform morning rituals, yet not look like a creep to everyone. I often found myself living two lives: religious and social. Indulged by my ignorant state of being, little did I know that Mandir would soon become my motivation to soar in the sky.

India gave the world Mahavira and Buddha. They were similar by teaching people to have morals, love, and respecting one another. Mahavira was born as a son to a warrior chief and spent 12 years as a holy wanderer to spread Jainism which he founded. Jainism was about self control, non violent, and that all object whether living or not have souls. Mahavira also adopted the karma philosophy from the Brahman society. Buddha spread his teachings of Buddhism in northeastern part of India. Buddhism and Jainism both teach about doing good deed and karma would have effect on those who do bad: how ever rebirth after death in Buddhism will have one of the five realms depending on how the person lived.

Asia is the world’s largest continent and its word origin began from the Ancient Greek “Aoia” which was used by Herodotus in describing the Persian wars. However, the name was likely used long before then but just referring to a land near east of the Aegean Sea but later referred to the whole region known today as Anatolia. An alternative etymology of the term was from the Akkadian word “asu” which means “to go out, to rise”, in contrast to the sun, Asia would mean the “land of the sunrise” (Emily Upton,2013). But this alternative etymology is considered doubtful because it doesn’t explain as to how Asia can be associated with Anatolia.

Thai culture has expanded greatly in the United States and remains strong in Thailand as well. According to the 2010 United States Census report, there are about 237,629 Thai Americans living in the United States with a great portion of them calling California home (Kai-Hwa Wang). Thailand is located in Southeast Asia, with Bangkok being the capital and a population of over 67 million (“Thailand”). Steffy Micksch, a senior Graphic Design major at Fresno State, was born in Thailand and lived in Pattaya, Thailand until she graduated high school. Her main reason for moving here, along with many others from Thailand, was due to the “educational opportunities, especially at Fresno State” (Micksch). While many Thai citizens choose to migrate to the