Blog #2

            I was surprised to read another part of history during the colonization and rising empires in the Americas. Siberians were forced to give up their land, just like the Native Americans. Siberians were too affected by new diseases they had not yet encountered like the Native Americans. The mixing of races also occurred in the Americans. Meaning that European men were having babies with Native American women. Siberians were upset by all the fees they had to pay to the Russian Empire; however, Siberians eventually gave in to Russian law and culture. The Russian Empire had all the correct resources to make their wealth and economy grow. The Russian Empire, in a way, reminded me of the Mongol Empire with some of their conquests. Like the Mongol Empire, the Russian Empire sometimes had it easy when trying to expand. During this time, China was not left behind. During this time, the Chinese had created an empire for themselves. China created an imperial state and had the borders of contemporary china. Those borders were essentially created during the Qing Dynasty. Importantly, Chinese conquests, together with the expansion of the Russian Empire, utterly created Central Asia. I was glad to see that Chinngis Kahn was mentioned during the reading. The central division within Mughal India reminded me of the division during Muhammad’s time and after his death as well. I was unaware that the Ottoman Empire was also the creation of the Turkic Warrior grasp. I was also delighted to see that women actually had some independence and got to be a part of the society in Central Asia.

Sorry for just blogging, I just realized I’ve been blogging in different blogs and not in the one you have.