A Woman’s Choice Classic Eurasia: a time saturated with cultural growth and development of societies. During this era Empires rose and fell, various religions were created, and mankind was morally tested time and time again. In some societies, the equality of men arose from this challenges. In others civilizations however, people were dragged into the toxic cycle of sharply stratified class systems. But, a common theme in all of these Second-wave civilizations was the clear presence of patriarchy
societies that reflected who they were as peoples. These civilizations were able to form distinct patterns that were different from the ones formed in Eurasia at the time. There was both good and bad to this isolation. On one hand, these civilizations were vastly behind Eurasia in terms of technology. For example, the wheel which was a common item in Eurasia at the time was only used in children's toys amongst the American Indian civilizations. There was also
Nomads were pastoralists found throughout Afro-Eurasia. Due to their strong military capabilities, they were able to conquer various regions from the classical and post-classical periods (600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.), including examples of Huns and Germanic invaders (those that brought down Rome in 476). The Mongols were a key nomadic group from 1200 to 1400. While they committed atrocities in conquest and spread their political control through much of Eurasia, the resulting Mongol state provided for diversity
religions, views, and people. Without merchants and traders along the Silk Road, there would not have been a cultural exchange throughout Eurasia. Merchants traveling along the route are responsible for spreading culture, various religious perspectives, and resources. In addition to those positive cultural gains, travelers also spread disease. Throughout Eurasia, silk facilitated the exchange of art and language in ways never before possible. During the Han Dynasty, when the route was established
The Silk Road is perhaps the greatest evidence of interaction between the nomadic and sedentary people of Eurasia. Through the trade conducted along the Silk Road, different communities were able to interact and as such there were impacts witnessed among the early civilizations in China, India, Greece, Persia, and Rome. One of the greatest impacts of the Silk Road was the introduction of religion by the Arab Muslims into the civilizations of China. Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and Islam were religions
Columbian Exchange About 200 million years ago there was one big continent called Pangaea. They believed that, this landmass began to separate. They believed that the Atlantic Ocean formed, dividing Africa and Eurasia from the Americas. Over the next several million years plants and animals changed and made to separate biological worlds. It wasn’t until Christopher Columbus and his crew sailed to the Americas in October 1492, they started interacting with each other. Europeans brought diseases
The political, cultural, and social improvements crosswise over Afro-Eurasia were fundamentally the same as the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa. The greater part of the political and scholarly pioneers needed to know the same inquiries with reference to who individuals were. There were city-states that had autonomous, self-representing urban areas. A typical society in Nubia was embraced by numerous Egyptian societies and political practices. Hellenism is the reception of Greek culture that assumed
During the years 500 B.C.E to 1450 C.E trade impacted Afro-Eurasia heavily. There are many things that a person could talk about I am going to pick out the 3 important ones that stand out to me. The first is religion I think that this had the biggest impact on cities on the different trade routes. The second is new technologies that it brought. And the third is how these trade routes fell due to the spread of disease. The 3 main religions are Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. As trade started
Columbian Exchange was a system of exchanges between Eurasia and the Americas. It started when Christopher Columbus and other voyagers began to discover and populate the Americas, which is also referred to as the New World. During this time of discovery and expansion, newcomers began bringing plants, animals, technologies, and diseases along with them to the New World. However, it did not stop there. Once people began traveling back to the Eurasia, which is also known as the Old World, they would bring
The destruction of the Mongols across Afro-Eurasia and the Black Death were the factors in which prompted the creation of the three important Islamic states. The three newly formed empires were the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals and they controlled regions from Southern Europe to the northern part of India. According to Pollard, “by the mid-sixteenth century the Mughals controlled the northern Indus river valley; the Safavids occupied Persia; and the Ottomans ruled Anatolia, the Arab, world, and