What made early humans migrate to extremely cold places such as Russia to Alaska?
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Humans migrated seasonally but normally it was to the “greener pastures”. So they normally wouldn’t want to normally travel to areas that are colder. But after a few generations your family has grown, your people have learned how to handle the terrain, and now your farm is a bit too large. So you set up a new farm further away to take advantage of the lack of people there trying to take either your land or your food. Sure it might be a bit colder but its also less quarrelsome, so it may be worth it. You move with you family, you sow the lands and the process repeats. The Rus however were unique in the form that they modernized much slower in comparison to the other western nations. What this means is that the liege lord had absolute power and that the peasants weren’t just subjects of the lord but his serfs. Serfs were tied to the land and were not allowed to leave the parcel given to them. If they did, death. So now you have these proto-russians who went north and east hoping to find an easier time and whether they did or not, the lords would say “well now youre there so stay there or I’ll kill you”. If you liked your land, great. If not, you hope you can survive and petition to move somewhere better. If not, then you hope your kids are granted leave, so that they too may go further in the hope of finding somethint better and the lord content that his people continue to expand his domain.
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