What advantages do they get from maintaining their nomadic ways?

As per the instructions in the rubric, you must post a response to the discussion by Thursday. You must use the required readings – your textbook AS WELL AS the readings from Frankopan, chapters 4 and 5, AND the multimedia component that you yourself find. This can be a video, or an academic essay or article about this period, or a podcast, or an image from the time period – anything that you can use to support your discussion post and that helps you understand this period better.

You MUST CITE in APA (or Chicago Manual of Style) form, which means you must use internal citation in your post AND include a Works Cited list at the end of your post.

All posts will be checked through Turnitin for plagiarism and citation accuracy.

The Question for the eighth discussion: One of the consistent issues through this course is the conflict between settled, agricultural peoples, and nomadic peoples. Since the Agricultural Revolution itself, through the end of this course, nomadic peoples have challenged – and sometimes defeated – the great empires we have been discussing. Trace the history of this conflict from the beginning of this course to the spread of Islam. Why are nomads still – well, nomadic? Why have they no “settled down” and adapted to the “benefits” of an agricultural society? What advantages do they get from maintaining their nomadic ways? Are they truly the “bad guys” that history often makes them out to be? Why or why not?

https://ia800708.us.archive.org/4/items/TheSilkRoadsANewHistoryOfTheWorldPeterFrankopan/The%20Silk%20Roads%2C%20A%20New%20History%20of%20the%20World%20-%20Peter%20Frankopan.pdf
You will need 2 sources. The first source will come from Chapters 4 and 5 of Frankopan. I will give you a link to those chapters above. The second source will be one you will find yourself.

Use ideas from the textbook and from the supplemental readings, with citations that include the page numbers. Compare and contrast their perspectives on the discussion question – how are they alike and different?

– discuss the multimedia component you are use – how did it help you understand the material better? How does it build on what you learned from the readings?

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