Yurt Essays

  • Building Yurts

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    Building a yurt might sound complicated, but there are several techniques and tools that will make the process easier for everyone. As was previously stated, the first step to build a yurt is deciding where to place it. The area should be analyzed. The moisture and sun exposure of the region should be analyzed as well. The team decided to locate the yurt in Costa Rica because of the neutral weather and the sunny and hot days. Also, in Costa Rica will be easier to get through the building codes rather

  • Vernacular Architecture

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    to grasslands and treeless plains. The local herders rely on breeding as a resource and do not exploit the land for agricultural purposes. A traditional dwelling suitable for the country’s climate and the local’s way of life is the ger, also know as yurt. Since the locals were regularly moving from one location to another with herds of animals, the ger had to be wheeled by their livestock. However, not long ago theses nomadic houses started being designed in a way to collapse and fold so that they

  • Chewonk Narrative

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    My counselor gave us big water jugs to carry to our campsite he warned us that they were very heavy before we walked to our campsite. Our walk was not that far when we got to our yurt we set our things down and claimed which bunk would be ours we each got two bunks to ourselves. Next, we went outside our yurt and were giving crew jobs to do. I was on Kitchen crew for the first night so I and the kitchen crew was busy cooking over the fire. After dinner and we cleaned up. My group decided we

  • Taking a Very Brief Look at Mongolia

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    Throughout history the Mongols were viewed negatively, people would view the Mongolians as savages and barbaric people. For example a major scholar of Chinese history wrote: “the Mongols brought violence and destruction...” 1 People during the age of the Mongols would not make word of them ever being civilized, respectful or ever say anything positive about the Mongolians. Even historians have recorded the Mongolians in a negatively view. In the 13th-century a Persian historian wrote of the Mongol

  • Ornament

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    Ornament is one of the oldest forms of decorative art. Its history goes back to thousands of years ago. Translated from the Latin ornamentum, it means “trappings, adornment, embellishment” (“Ornament”). However, in its infancy, the ornaments have a deeper meaning. Art critics are trying to decipher ancient images and understand the hidden meaning of signs and symbols. So far, it is believed that the key to understanding many of them have long been lost, and, nevertheless, the interest to the ancient

  • The Mongols

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    were generally related through the male line, consisting of uncles, brothers, nephews, and their families. Due to their excessive traveling, a Mongol would only have as many possessions as he or she could carry, and they lived in what were called yurts. Yurts were lightweight tents made of wood and wool that were constructed in a manner that they could be easily and quickly dismantled. Also due to their nomadic lifestyle, the Mongols' diets mostly consisted of animal products, such as mutton or wild

  • The Abduction of Women in The Secret History of the Mongols

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    traditional way of living. Before the enormous invasion the Mongols did have any rural communities, or suburbs, therefore had to transfer their livestock according to the seasons. The Mongols dwelling consisted of circular tents known as yurts, instead of houses. The yurts were made big enough for a whole family to live in, as well as waterproof. The area the Mongols lived was cold, and the land was not adequate for farming, therefore their diet normally consisted of meat products, along with milk from

  • Chinggis Khan

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    of other empires, such as Persia and China, and their opinions were far more respected. Since the Mongols were Nomads, women’s labor was necessary in moving along the countryside. Whenever the Mongolians had to pick up and move, women moved the yurts and gers, the tent-like huts that the Mongolians lived in. Women made everything for the Mongols: clothes, shoes, rugs, flags, everything made of leather, and covering for horses. Mongolian women could drive their own carts as well as repair them

  • Analyzing Motives Behind the Boston Marathon Attack

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    Boston is, in all probability, the first terrorist attack in the United States in which the issues of tribalism and homegrown terrorism merged” (Ahmed, 2013). The Tsarnaev brothers are from the Tsarnaev clan of a small village in Chechnya titled Chiri-Yurt. Many Chechens were forced to emigrate to Kyrgyzstan under the rule of Stalin during World War II in 1944. Although the brothers grew up in Kyrgyzstan for most of their early life, they spent a year in Chechnya in 1994. There has been terrorism linked

  • Cultural Differences In The Movie Babies

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    children throughout the whole film. In order for the babies to function they have to eat, whether it be by breastmilk or formula. The babies also had a roof over their heads. Hattie lived in a house, Mari lived in a small apartment, Bayar lived in a yurt, and Ponijao lived in a tiny hut. Babies always need to have something to fidget with in their little hands, in the movie the babies experienced playing. Granted playing means different things, an example would be when Ponijao played with dirty sticks

  • Mongols Dbq Essay

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    A long time ago about eight hundred years ago during the 13th century lived the mongols.Known for there savage ways and there murderous approaches, but when you look deeper into their lives the so called barbarians weren’t so barbaric after all. This is noticeable in many ways such as there military superiority, as well in there economic aspects. The Mongols a small tribe based on the grasslands, which achieved what dozens of empires only dreamed of doing in a short time period from (1162-1227) as

  • My Educational Path Essay

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    My educational path started out in a very different field years ago. I began in the radiology field with a passion for the medical field. At this point in my life I was in a bad relationship and life took me from college to a divorce and back to working ten hours a day to support my family. With my dream of finishing college out of the picture for a couple of years I move on to a career working on slot machines for a local casino. While I enjoyed working on the machines my body did not. Back in

  • Prejudice In Anthropology

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    I was bullied, not the body injured. It`s the hurt on my spirit by others prejudice. The word of prejudice is very easy to understand, just separate the original word into two parts, “pre” and “judice;” it`s means before the judge, so prejudice prejudgment, or forming an opinion before becoming aware of the relevant facts of a case. People could judge so many different topics, such as the cultures. Culture is very important for every individual. People would have different education, society, or

  • Analysis Of Blake Gingold Silk Road Project

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    March 21 and it’s been four and a half months since my daughter, Aaiqa, was born. Now Aan, my wife, and I must support ourselves while at the same time support our newborn. We live in the large city of Shymkent in Kazakhstan inside a small-dilapidated Yurt that Aan and I made next to the Badam River (Spark). It took many months to build it. Making the doorway was the most strenuous part. The fluffy wool had to be laid out on reed mats in a pile that is about 35 centimeters deep with boiling water sprinkled

  • Dbq Mongols

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    otherwise he doesn't think he has fulfilled his duty. Before he ruled the fierce Mongols, they lived in the steppes northwest of China where the climate was harsh and the natural resources were limited. They lived a nomadic lifestyle in tents, called yurts. In the late 1100s, Genghis Khan began to build a strong army. By 1206, the Mongols were united under Genghis’ rule. The Mongols were civilized because they had well thought out battle tactics, an advanced economy, and they maintained law and order

  • Theme Of Womanhood In Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees

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    Stylistic choices made by people when writing all differ from each other. Everyone has their own perspective on any topic given and sometimes they may be the same as others, but when written these ideas of theirs can be completely different with how that writer chooses to express the idea. For Barbara Kingsolver in her novel The Bean Trees she makes an effective display of her personality and thoughts through her writing helping the audience understand more thoroughly who she is and why the writing

  • Unusual Travel Experience Essay

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    A trip is a collection of moments and memorable experiences . A meal shared with Indians, an encounter with the gorillas of Rwanda, the spectacle of an aurora borealis in Iceland, the moving visit of a historical monument ... Difficult to choose from so many possibilities, so I decided to present 10 unusual travel experiences to live around the world with us . Follow the guide ! 1. Observe the stars with a passionate astronomer in Chile The starry sky of the Atacama desert, an unusual experience

  • Globalization and Sustainable Development

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    Over the past few decades there have been discourses both in favor and against Globalization’s capacity to guarantee a sustainable future. Authors attest societies and businesses’ inability to account for ecological and environmental limits when dealing with economic growth, examples of this are some of the traditional business metrics used by most global companies, and nations’ measure of wealth (GDP); both sides heavily resting on economic factors, fail to account for societal and environmental

  • Symbiotic Relationships In Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees

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    A symbiotic relationship is mutual benefit and dependence between two people that may seem dissimilar, but can be achieved if they work together. In a relationship where people are depending on and supporting each other, they may begin to rely on each other to survive. In the Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver writes about the Wisteria Vine and Rhizobia. The Wisteria vine thrives in poor soil because of the Rhizobia, a bug that lives underground in the roots of the Wisteria. They turn the soil into fertilizer

  • Genghis Khan's Influence On Mongolia

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    Khitan and Jurchen), but none of them truly united Mongolia like Genghis Khan did. Genghis Khan also cared not only for military soldiers, but he decided that instead of having the elderly, women, and young stay at home, they should help set up the yurts (Mongolian Tent), make food, and tend to the injured. This was important because it showed Genghis was evolving into a leader, rather than a savage. Through his efficient ideas, he started planning to rule China as well. After hard work, The Mongols