Eurasia Essay

passing their goods on to others who took them further along the road, and in turn, passed them on again. The effect of long-distance exchanges altered the political geography of Afro-Eurasia. The Middle East became a commercial middle ground between the Mediterranean and Indian. The horse-riding nomads of Inner Eurasia made long-distance trade possible. Kushan empire in Afghanistan and the Indus River basin embraced a large and diverse

Americans technologically. Since the beginnings of time Europeans advanced faster than Native Americans, but why? To begin with, the Eurasian land mass had more species of large animals to domesticate. In addition, Eurasia had more varieties of grains for large scale farming. Finally, Eurasia was more accessible for trade between civilizations. To begin with, the Eurasian land mass had much larger animals. These large animals could be domesticated and bred for a virtually never ending meat supply. To

Why is it that in the 1960’s Papua New Guinea was still using stone tools while Eurasia had stronger and more improved steel tools? Inequality is all over the world. Do we know what started it? Inequality isn't something that can happen overnight, it takes thousands of years to develop. Geography is the biggest reason we have inequality, depending where you're at on the latitude line controls your climate. Europe's geographical location allowed their civilizations to have access to better agriculture

and the compass, to reach Europe for the first time. The Mongol’s influence over Eurasia during the thirteenth and fourteenth century was one of the main factors led to those increased global communications. This essay argues that Chinggis Khan’s conquests and style of rule during the early thirteenth century increased globalizing interactions between Eurasian and African societies. The Mongols rapid conquest of Eurasia increased interactions between Europe, Asia, and Africa in a short amount of time

In the novel 1984 written by George Orwell it depicts the main character Winston taking small steps to rebel against the overbearing government controlled by Big Brother. Oceania has been at war with Eurasia and Eastasia for what seems to be an interminable time, the only news source of the war the population of Oceania has is passed through the Party down from Big Brother. Due to the control that Big Brother has on the population of Oceania the perspectives of foreign beliefs and practices are nonexistent

driving cars and using cell phones, while people of Papua New Guinea are using sticks and stones to chop down a tree and hunt?! It’s all because of our geographical inequality. Our world is so unequal depending on where you are in the world. People in Eurasia got the best climate to grow wheat. What does wheat have to do with inequality? Wheat won't grow in Papua New Guinea! Wheat grows in humid climates and takes little effort to grow and farm. Wheat is an easy crop to harvest and grow, not to mention

summers with a diverse geography. This environment was advantageous because it allowed for large seeded annuals to thrive, which were suitable for domestication and yearlong storage. Eurasia had over half of the 12 domesticable plants that were high in protein (cereals such as einkorn and emmer

ruling the Mongol empire in 1206, he was the founder and first khan of the Empire. They say when he was born he was holding his mother's blood clot, which meant he was destined for greatness. Chinggis Khan (Temujin) descendants can be found all over Eurasia, 16 million men have his Y chromosome. The Mongol Empire was located in present day Mongolia in east asia, they ruled most of modern-day Russia, China, Korea, Southeast Asia, Persia, like a triangle in India, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. They

Eurasia had many varieties of plants, much more than Africans could ever have. Since there was very limited amounts of wild starting material suitable for plant domestication, Africa is far behind in the race for agriculture (383).     The third factor is the size of Africa. Africa is half the size of Eurasia. Furthermore, about one third of Africa’s area falls within the sub-Saharan zone north of the equator

The Silk Road was an elaborate and ever-changing network of overland trade routes that linked China, India, and western Eurasia for thousands of years. The trade route was key to the diffusion and transportation of technology, goods, religions, and language throughout Asia, the Mediterranean, Africa and southern Europe. As the most durable links between major population centers in the largest landmass on earth, the Silk Road was one of the most important of all long-distance trade routes in human