Raceology

 Hi anyone! I've been held back again from being on here. As anyone who's been here may know I love exploring secluded areas of the world, especially if there's something unique about them. And so, we come to Bhutan which is a landlocked country, high in the Himalayas, and is the last Bhuddist kingdom in the world. It is between Tibet and India, with a population of roughly 750, 000. The official language is a Sino-Tibetan one called Dzongkha. This country is also steeped deep in their traditions and customs. There are several documentaries on these people, but most of them are not very good, usually just following a few families. I just posted a few of them here to take a glance at. The older people they show that do subsistence farming, it may seem like they have it hard, but is it really that bad? Seems like they are old but still alive. They live in beautiful surroundings. The ones with functional families have significant others, kids, and so forth. All of the stuff hu...

Some Background to this Post:  Hello all, this post and others to follow have gotten sidetracked due to other life commitments, but here it is for any that are interested. The previous post dealt with Ancient Southeast Africa, the Land of the Zanj approximately where Tanzania lies today. Now I am coming with the history of Western Africa, these are the states of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. This information came from a book I read on Ancient African history, and newer sources that I found online. I think we can learn a few telling things from this history and others like it, namely: Much of the economy of the Western African states, especially as far as trade with other states relied on Gold, and slavery. Gold, and slaves were sent to the Northern Berber, and Arab states, whereas they would obtain such things as salt, cloth, dried fruits, etc., towards the South. These people had no written language and history of their own, most of the information comes from Arab historians. These pe...