Sonja Mari Bunes, illustrasjon

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From Silk to Oil: Cross-Cultural Connections Along the Silk Road

The book can be downloaded in eight separate sections

The illustration is published in this book of global studies curriculum, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and produced by The China Institute in New York, USA

From Silk to Oil is directed at teachers of high school world history, global studies, social studies, geography, literature, and art. Some units will also be suitable for advanced middle school, community college, and lower level university survey courses.

The mongol bow, made of wood, horn or bone, fish glue, and sinew, was perhaps the most powerful weapon in the world before the invention of modern firearms.

"Traditional Mongolian Bow", 2001 © Sonja Bunes/BUS, vector graphics
My drawings also illustrate a chapter on The Mongolian Bow at coldsiberia.org where Per Inge Østmoen describes the bow in detail so as to make it clear to the contemporary reader what the Old Mongols could do with their shooting equipment.