explains‚ “Continents that are spread out in east to west direction‚ like Eurasia‚ had a developmental advantage because of ease with crops‚ animals‚ ideas and technology” (¨The Story of the Shapes of the Continents¨). Being a spread out continent will allow ideas‚ crops‚ animals‚ and technology to advance. The domesticated plants that the Europeans used were wheat‚ barley‚ and rice‚ the spread of these crops throughout Eurasia made
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The Qing empire‚ an empire built within the Chinese empire consisted of non-chinese people. Qing Empire took over Eurasia which was ruled separately from China; and the officials had no intentions to incorporate Chinese culture into the locals in Eurasia as a sign of respect for the different cultures residing there. For example‚ Qing rulers forbid Chinese merchants from entering Eurasia so that their Mongol soldiers would not adapt and learn the covert ways of the Chinese‚ making their soldiers in
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was correct in his belief of geography’s importance. The emergence of such societies in Eurasia was not simply by luck. It was directly related to environmental causes. One of the causes was that certain crops and animals that were both suitable for domestications were available in these Eurasian areas. To put it in perspective‚ of the world’s only 14 domesticable animals 13 of them were found in Eurasia‚ and one in South America. This gave the Eurasians a huge advantage as a civilization. This
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Africa Eurasia‚ Australia‚ the Americas‚ Oceania Three supercontinents: Eurasia‚ Africa‚ and the Americas Took a momentous turn of the Agricultural Revolution Transformed human life World’s human population distributed unevenly across three giant continents Eurasia > 80% Africa = 11% Americas = 5-7% Why more attention on Eurasia than on Africa/Americas Differences: Absence of animals capable of domestication = no pastoral societies (Americas) Africa lacked animals Eurasia had once
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Tradition of the Saamis-Laplanders of the Nordic Country of Origin: Saamis-Laplanders are a unique group of indigenous people. While they are classified as one group‚ their origin is not limited to one specific region or country. Since they are considered nomadic people its difficult to associate the origin to just one location. The historic research community cannot agree on one location either‚ and the origins of the Sami‚ are said to include the Alps or early Siberia. Geographic Location:
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was what gave them the advantage against the people from the Americas‚ and the technology that they gained from being sedentary further advanced them. As McNeill points out‚ his argument is not without flaws. The eastwest axis he uses to show how Eurasia was the place to be does not prove his theory that all of Eurasia had the same conditions to support Eurasian flora and
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Compare the evidence of a Nordic presence in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus with the evidence of a West African presence during that period. It has been said by historians that the Nordics and the West Africans were in the Americas before Columbus arrived in 1492. Though evidence‚ such as oral sagas‚ tracing routes which it was said they took‚ artifacts‚ skeletal remains‚ among others‚ have been found to prove that they could have been present; there are still debates as to whether
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1. Exchange and trade of goods between communities in different ecological zones has been a prominent feature of human history. Trade emerged from the vast environment and cultural diversities of the region. Long distance trade became very important because if more distance was traveled then merchants could exchange with more cultures‚ and prospered when societies involved in these trade roads offered security for merchants and traders. The uneven distribution of goods and resources of both natural
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text will assist me in providing relevant archaeological findings and anthropological theories on the topic of the foundation of neolithic cultural leisure. This text is similar to Dr Hanks and Dr Linduff 2009 title‚ Social complexity in prehistoric Eurasia. The primary difference is the scope of Dr. Feinman is much broader in the exploration of a wide variety of topics‚ while Drs Hanks and Lindruff provide a more detailed look at relevant finds in and around the Eurasian
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and Steel ultimately helps to address the wealth question. Jared Diamond’s fundamental argument in Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is that Eurasians were able to conquer the Americas‚ sub-Saharan Africa‚ and Australia because continental differences set Eurasia on a different‚ better trajectory than the other continents. His argument addresses a simple question: Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents? According to the author‚ the most important continental differences
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