The Past vs. The Present

By : Reginaaa Yu ;)

The KurdiansThe Mongolians

The Mongolian PeopleThe Mongolians lived in Steppe, a dry

grassland in Eurasia. This provided home for the nomads. There were two main expanses, Central Asia to eastern Europe and Mongolia. Steppe has little rina, dramatic seasonal temperature

differences. Steppe nomads are pastoralists, which is the domestication of animals. Asian nomads were taught

to be skilled horse riders and traveled in clans, a kin group linked by a single

ancestor.

The Kurdish PeopleThe Kurdish Nomads are still living in present day. They are often referred to as Kurdistan and they live in areas that include Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, some European countries and the United States. They speak a combination of Indo-European. Although they don’t have an official country, they follow their herds of animals through the mountains and plateaus of Eastern Turkey, western Iran and northern Iraq. Tragedy occurred however, when Iraq

bombed the Kurds in the late 1980’s.

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