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changed Asia’s circulatory system in a number of ways: Methods of getting resources were diverted, routine and technologies for traveling were developed, and the idea of boundaries of countries started to form. Therefore, the Mongol Empire altered Asia from a traditional world to a modern world. Although Genghis Khan started his empire from a tribe, as a “thoroughly modern man”, he “shaped the modern world of commerce, communication, and large secular states more than any other individual.” (Weatherford:267)

The Mongols and Genghis Khan The Mongols are known for their brutal conquest and military, but why were they so influential to world history if they only destroyed cities and empires? 1000 C.E. Nomadic people emerged from Inner Asia, attacking settled people along the borders. Genghis Khan emerged bringing tribes and clans together by 1206; they began their first expansion against Xiaoxia and The Chin Empire.1 Many believe they were barbaric and destructive but the were actually cultural patrons

Caught Red Handed Greg Mortenson, with the help of his co-author David Oliver Relin, has painted a picture perfect image of himself in Three Cups of Tea. Leading many to believe that he is a hero and savior for the children of Central Asia, when in reality he is just a conniving, deceitful, greed driven man. Greg Mortenson hides behind his Three Cups of Tea persona and the truth about his “charitable” actions. First of all, Mortenson has done nothing but lie to the readers of Three Cups of Tea

invigorated an exchange between the Han and Central Asia for these fine war steeds. In kind, Central Asian kingdoms started to see different Chinese products, for example, silk additionally jades, restorative herb, bronze and other extravagance merchandise. This exchange proceeded all through the initial four centuries of the time allotment with more gatherings getting included in the lucrative exchange. Indian flavors and cotton, European gold and silver, and Central Asian stallions and camels all began

KAZAKHSTAN 院（系）管理学院 学科 货币金融 导师 郭海凤 开题报告日期 2014.09.09 Graduate college 1. Background and the Research Purpose 1.1 Background The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 enabled the states of Central Asia to rediscover their Chinese neighbor, excluded from the economic and cultural of the region during the years of Sino-Soviet conflict. In less than two decades, Beijing has taken advantage of the disappearance of its Soviet neighbor

The Silk Road’s Influence on China The Silk Road, an ancient trade route, contributed profoundly to the cultural exchange between Western Asia, Europe, and China. As people traversed with each other, they conveyed their beliefs, ideas, and inventions. Civilizations among Rome, India, Persia, and China traded their knowledge from the second century BC to the fifteenth century AD. Buddhism, Islam, and Nestorianism were cultural treasures that were bestowed upon Ancient China via the Silk Road.

Central Asia was sought after. Military and political missions were dispatched to Central Asia. Silk Road is actually a collective name of roads. It happened in the first 1000 years after Christ , when men , merchants , military , missionaries and monks travelled on vast routes that connected Europe, India and the Far east .The Silk road passed through many settlements , from big cities like Samarkand to tiny desert hamlets. Susan Whitfield portrays lives of 10 individuals who lived along the silk

Turkmen Energy Relations with China and Russia Historically in the Russian sphere of influence, since the breakup of the Soviet Union, just like the rest of Central Asia, Turkmenistan has found itself in the middle of Sino-Russian confrontation over the question of who is the new regional powerhouse. Due to the shared Russian imperial and then Soviet past, the Russian influence the Turkman society was prevalent after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Pipelines carried Turkmen gas to Russia and then

The Aral Sea, which is situated in Central Asia between several countries, which include Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. According to Phillip-Whish-Wilson, the Aral Sea was once the “forth largest inland body of water on earth with a surface area of 66,000 kilometers squared.” (Whish-Wilson 2002, 29). Additionally, it supported “75 percent of Central Asia’s population, and contained roughly 90% of its surface water” (Allison & Johnson 2001

They were seen as threat to civilizations and people throughout Europe and Asia. They are wrong because Mongols were encouragers of cultural growth and diffusion. Mongols encouraged growth of culture of other places. Mongols established unity of China by renovating Grand Canal and building dams and dikes. The Mongol connection between different part of Asia helped the diffusion of cultures using trade between Central Asia and Middle East (Document 2). They were encouragers of culture because they