Ancient civilizations like the Greeks‚ Romans‚ Mayans and Egyptians used astronomy in many different ways. The Egyptians knew that when the star Sirius was ahead of the sun the Nile river would soon flood the land. All the civilizations used astronomy as a tool to tell them when the seasons would change. Greeks and Romans named the planets after their Gods because they believed the sun‚ moon‚ stars‚ and planets were controlled by Gods. Ancient people used tools like an astrolabe to help them make
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The first people was thought to have reached India from Africa in 40‚000 BC. The first civilization started out as hunters and gatherers. Around 4000 BC the Indians started farming. The Indians then moved near the Indus River Valley where they started using irrigation and started building their first cities. The Indians built two main cities that we know of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Both cities are currently located in current Pakistan.The first Indian buildings and houses were built out of stone
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first early humans and how they went from underdeveloped civilizations or communities to becoming the first early civilizations. While in the second chapter a new age begins as the Bronze Age begins to transition into the Iron Age as the Middle Eastern culture and values became widely shared Amongst the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians which was known as the cosmopolitan era. Which meant that lifestyle and cultures were shared in these civilizations where people such as the Amorites‚ Kassie’s‚ and the
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The Hundred Years’ War‚ 1336-1453 Western Europe in 1328 CAUSES The Battle for Flanders Flanders had grown to be the industrial center of northern Europe and had become extremely wealthy through its cloth manufacture. It could not produce enough wool to satisfy its market and imported fine fleece from England. England depended upon this trade for its foreign exchange. During the 1200’s‚ the upper-class English had adopted Norman fashions and switched from beer to wine. (Note that beer and
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Ancient Greek world is one of the oldest civilization and considered the first one to actually capture the events and deeds occurred in their time which we now refer to as history. Herodotus from Ancient Greek was known as the father of history. Greek history dates back to Paleolithic era followed by several transitions which shaped the Greek civilization as we know it. The Greece is situated at the crossroads between Africa‚ Asia‚ and Europe. It can be seen that the location of Greece has played
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Connections between civilizations did effect the development of civilizations. One of the biggest examples is Greece and Rome. Another great example of this is China. A third example that would support this case is Africa. These three countries had connections‚ or the lack of them‚ that helped them develop. Greece and Rome were the center of the world during their era. Greece made their religion and culture without influences from others. When the Macedonians conquered them‚ Greece’s culture
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Western society was broken up in estates. These estates were the Church‚ the Nobility and Peasantry. Imagine contemporary western society has now been divided into three estates. I would say that it will be broken up as follows: the Political class‚ the Wealthy class and the Working class. Although we lived in the same country we were broken down into estates. The Political class‚ were considered the “law makers”. This included the President of the United States‚ Judges‚ lawyers and anyone
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Rome has left to Western Civilization is brought to light. The Roman made countless contributions to Western Civilization‚ but a few are the most significant of all. Rome‚ the most important civilization to the Western World‚ left a great legacy‚ paving the road for the spread of Christianity‚ forming the basis for republic‚ and allowing for a widespread diffusion of culture. Though not Rome’s intention‚ it allowed Christianity to spread and flourish throughout Western Civilization. Rome‚ unified
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Greek influence on western culture When people refer to western culture‚ we mean a large range of heritages including social norms‚ traditional customs‚ religions beliefs‚ political system‚ art fine‚ literature and technologies. Now western culture has its own particular framework which has been developing till now‚ and traditional western culture is said to be affected by three main factors: Ancient Greek‚ Roman Empire‚ and Christianity. However‚ the Greek civilization contributed greatly to the
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Mesopotamia civilizations had three definitive cultures which influenced much of the laws and economic views of today. The first culture was called the Sumerian culture which was during the time period between 3000 B.C.E. to 2350 B.C.E. and was known to be the most influential of the three cultures. The Sumerian ruler‚ King Gilgamesh‚ was known for the first narrative writing. Gilgamesh used a wedge shaped form of writing called cuneiform to make words on clay tablets. Once writing was established
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