solved based on the book Understanding the Cultural Landscape by the

based on the book Understanding the Cultural Landscape by the geographer Bret Wallach of the University of Oklahoma. Specifically, this week’s discussion covers Chapters 7 and 8, and it also asks you to read an essay by the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. In chapters 7 and 8, Wallach provides a summary overview of two of the great centers of world civilization: China (East Asia) and India (South Asia), which often are presented as historical counterparts to the “Western” world. After reading these chapters, and the essay by Appiah linked above, respond to this discussion assignment as follows:Post an initial response to the discussion prompt below. As a general guideline, this initial post should be a couple paragraphs long (approximately 250 words). You are not expected to address every question listed below, nor are you expected to write about all of the chapters around which this discussion is built. Instead, pick out one or two broad themes or specific ideas that caught your attention from any of these chapters and summarize them for your classmates, highlighting why you think these themes/ideas are interesting and important. The Discussion PromptsBased on Wallach’s account, what stands out as most distinctive about China and/or India from the norms of the modern, Western world?What stands out as most distinctive between them? In other words, summarize not only what you see as the biggest differences between these Asian civilizations and the modern West, but also also what you see as their biggest differences between each other.Do you notice any similarities between the Eurasian East, South, and West? What universal aspects to the human experience does Wallach identify in chapters 7 and 8—issues or trends that, while they may vary in some specifics, are generally shared by global Wests and one or both of these prominent non-Wests? Stated differently, how does Wallach’s portrayal of China and India square with the argument that Kwame Anthony Appiah makes, that “there is no such thing as western civilisation” ONLY READ CHAPTERS 7 TO 8 IN Understanding the Cultural Landscape