Comments on: China in your hand http://blog.elisehuard.be/2009/11/china-in-your-hand-2/ Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:01:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: sejo http://blog.elisehuard.be/2009/11/china-in-your-hand-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2443 sejo Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:52:20 +0000 http://blog.elisehuard.be/?p=1060#comment-2443 I still have a childrens book lying around about verbiest... Let me know and I'll dig it up! I still have a childrens book lying around about verbiest… Let me know and I’ll dig it up!

]]> By: elise http://blog.elisehuard.be/2009/11/china-in-your-hand-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2442 elise Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:15:10 +0000 http://blog.elisehuard.be/?p=1060#comment-2442 indeed, you're right :) thanks for the story about William of Rubruck. indeed, you’re right :)
thanks for the story about William of Rubruck.

]]> By: Hendrik http://blog.elisehuard.be/2009/11/china-in-your-hand-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2441 Hendrik Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:11:14 +0000 http://blog.elisehuard.be/?p=1060#comment-2441 People always moved and explored even far from their places of birth :-). Greeks e.g. had colonies all over the coastlines. Egypt exchanged goods with major cities in Tukey, Syria and Iraq (and there was a lot of traffic). The Medes (a group living in Iran) were nomadic horse riding cowboys around 600 BC. Many Romans moved to conquered land and lived a happy life there. Sometimes we think because people lacked modern ways of luxury travel (planes and automobiles) they didn't move. It's not true :) It just took longer. Was slightly more time consuming and was a lot more dangerous. On a positive note there were less traffic jams and crying babies. Cool story about Mr. Ferdinand. There was another famous Belgian exporing the East: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Rubruck He travelled to Monogolia and wrote down one of the first written observation on the Kingdom of Mongolia. People always moved and explored even far from their places of birth :-) . Greeks e.g. had colonies all over the coastlines. Egypt exchanged goods with major cities in Tukey, Syria and Iraq (and there was a lot of traffic). The Medes (a group living in Iran) were nomadic horse riding cowboys around 600 BC. Many Romans moved to conquered land and lived a happy life there.

Sometimes we think because people lacked modern ways of luxury travel (planes and automobiles) they didn’t move. It’s not true :) It just took longer. Was slightly more time consuming and was a lot more dangerous. On a positive note there were less traffic jams and crying babies.

Cool story about Mr. Ferdinand. There was another famous Belgian exporing the East: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Rubruck He travelled to Monogolia and wrote down one of the first written observation on the Kingdom of Mongolia.

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