syncretism with multiple cultures, religions and thought processes crashing. The major players during this time included Afro-Eurasia, in which the expansion of Islam introduced a new concept, the Islamic caliphate to Afro-Eurasian culture. Within the Americas, powerful civilizations developed in Mesoamerica and the Andean region. The main groups in America and Afro-Eurasia were Han China, the western Roman Empire and Tawantinsuyu (The Incan Empire of Mesoamerica). Although contact between them did
Main Idea: In Chapter 10, Diamond discusses, why agriculture spread more quickly in Eurasia. He goes on to explain how “axis orientations affected the rate of speed of crops and livestock, and possibly the writing, wheels, and other inventions.” Details: Eurasia lies mostly on an east-west axis, while Africa and the Americas are mostly on a north-south axis. Plants spread more easily from east to west then north to south. This is because “plants are adapted to cycles of day/night (which are constant
Fate plays a significant role in every individuals' life no matter what path they choose for themselves. This is because fate is inevitable due to its immense power. This is evident from the various religions people classify fate into and dearly respect. The dominance that fate has over these people's life illustrates how significant fate is; the importance of fate is seen throughout the human era as it plays a major role in bringing people together. However, it specifically uses globalization as
In the year 1436, Eurasia (the entire landmass of Europe and Asia), the center of intelligence for the world, has discovered the landmass to the West. This is because Christopher Columbus, a wanted criminal, tried to escape his sentence to Australia, but accidentally landed in unknown land. Shocked by his discovery, he talked to the Americans telling them about Eurasia. This caused them to sail to Eurasia to see if the white man was lying. When they got there, they were taken to huge buildings with
Secondly, a factor of the environment which assisted in the advancement of Eurasia was the immunity to diseases. With the domestication of animals, came several diseases. When raising livestock people interact with animals more than if they were hunting the animal. The animals have to be cleaned, fes and cooperated on a daily basis. The interaction between animals and humans, allows germs to evolve in order to spread onto a human host. Most lethal diseases come from animals or other living things
on. There were many changes that took place in everyday life in both the Americas and Afro Eurasia because of the events of this time period. Some of them more obvious than others, but all were important in their own respect. Advances in technology included farming techniques, written alphabet, weapon and firearm capabilities, and building techniques took place. Religion was also brought from Afro Eurasia into the Americas for the first time. There was also a huge exchange of plant life, which both
Undoubtedly, Eurasia is George Orwell’s image of what a totalitarian society is and how he thinks it would feel to live in such a country. However, it would not take much imagination to think of such a society, especially being as 1984 was written only four years after North Korea officially split from South Korea. Whether or not this is a coincidence, North Korea and Eurasia have many similar characteristics, such as their focus on spreading propaganda, their treatment of citizens and government
For my project, my Christmas ornament will focus on the Silk Roads across Eurasia. The Silk Roads were a system of terrestrial trade networks across Eurasia that allowed exchange amongst the most diverse of people. For instance, these networks allowed for the diffusion of languages, technologies, and exotic products across Eurasia. The Silk Roads prospered most during the existence of civilizations, empires, and dynasties due to the security they provided for the routes (Strayer, Robert. “Ways of
nature, are the Mongols. Based on the documents, the attitudes of various people towards the Mongols in Eurasia from the 13th century to the 14th century were positive, neutral, and negative. Documents 1, 2, and 8 show that various peoples viewed the Mongols positively in Eurasia. Document 1 is written by Genghis Khan’s shaman. He believes that Genghis Khan brought needed good to the region of Eurasia, by stating that “Before you [Genghis] were born... everyone was feuding” (Document 1). He believes
The empire began in Eurasia in 13C.E has forever changed the world map, the leader of the Mongol empire has started intercontinental trade, altered the course of leadership between two religions and prompt new nations. At its peak, the Mongol was the biggest contiguous empire in history, extending from the Carpathian Mountains to the Sea of Japan. (May, 2011) It is no doubt that during Mongol’s governs had a massive impact to the Eurasia during that period of time, but in fact the impacts that they