What are two possible reasons for the differences in development that may be seen in Eurasia as compared with Africa and the Americas? What is significant about these differences in development?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Reasons for differences in development
1. geography
a. the American and sub-Saharan African geography discourages communication and cultural exchange
b. dense rain forests are difficult and unhealthy for outsiders to cross
c. Africa has relatively few rivers, and for the most part, they do not allow long-range navigation
d. the Americas have none of the narrow seas that encourage communication and that are relatively common in parts of Europe and Asia
2. intense varieties of climate
a. in Eurasia cultural exchange happened rapidly across zones of similar climate, with no need for either the people or the food plants and livestock they brought with them to adapt
b. in Africa and America, crossing vast chasms of climate from north to south and south to north called for different survival strategies along the way
3. weather patterns
a. monsoonal wind systems in much of maritime Asia and relatively stable weather in the Mediterranean favor navigation
b. lee shores and hostile winds enclose and hem in much of sub-Saharan Africa
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