RELB 2054 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tibetan Plateau, Tibetan Culture, Ngari Prefecture
18 Feb 2016
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The vessel and its contents: india collides w/ tibet tectonic plates push against each other and forms himalayan mountains and tibet begins to rise. Origins of the tibetan people: ancestors of tibetans from 6-7k years ago, 3-5k years ago the population becomes widespread, origins of tibetan ppl uncertain more significant is the process of. Of tibetan culture during the past 2k years: resulted in. It"s just uncertain where the real tibetan people came from. Tibetanization: where people living on plateaus and stuff become tibetan. So it"s pretty much making them ethically tibetan and teaching them the languages. The major regions in tibet: ngari-west pretty dry, jangtang-right next to ngari, utsang-south, kham-east green, very agricultural, amdo-north, fields and valleys agricultural regions, plains and mountan ranges nomad/pastoralist. 2 major segments of tibetan physical and human geography. 01/26: tibetan legends speak of 1st tibetans as farmers hydraulic state, crops: barley, wheat, peas, beans, and a few veggies, tsampa roasted barley flour.
