Arab Asia Since 1800
This historical overview summarizes regional conflict and change in Arabic-speaking Asia from 1800 to today. It traces empires, national movements, wars, migrations, diasporas, decolonization, and economic change over time.
Migration
Language, Migration, and Social Change
As a reminder of the value and the practical usability of language evidence for human history, here is a set of four case studies of the distribution and migration of language communities and the associated social change.
Diasporas—Amidst Empires and Nations
Peoples of the world are divided today into nations, which replaced the empires that dominated in earlier centuries. But that is not all. Diasporas took shape as millions of people migrated from their homelands, linking common cultures across geographical and political boundaries.
Settling the Americas
Recent research has shown that the human occupation of the Americas took place much earlier than previously thought. As documentation about the first Americans builds and new evidence about their experiences is uncovered, we gain a better understanding of the variety and innovation of early settlers throughout the hemisphere.