Contributions from Ancient India Ancient India contributed many things in our modern culture. The Ancient Indians showed their intelligence in the many ideas that they had. We need to credit them for their advancements in many things. The concept of zero and the numeral system we use in our culture are examples of the Ancient Indian advancements in mathematics. They also deepened the knowledge and accuracy of astronomy. In addition the cotton developments sparked the Indian textile world. One
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| Ancient India saw the relationship between knowledge of science and technology‚ with religion and social relations. The archaeological remains of the Indus Valley reveal knowledge of applied sciences. Scientific techniques were used in irrigation‚ Metallurgy‚ making of fired bricks and pottery‚ and simple reckoning and measurement of areas and volumes. Aryan achievements in the field of astronomy‚ mathematics and medicine are well known. Chinese records indicate knowledge of a dozen books of Indian
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Egypt was located in the desert along the Nile river. Without the Nile‚ Egypt would be just the barren desert that surrounds the river. Ancient Egypt had two distinct regions‚ Upper Egypt in the south and Lower Egypt in the north. Upper Egypt stretched from the Nile’s first waterfall‚ to within one hundred miles of the Mediterranean Sea. Lower Egypt covered the delta region where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean. In 3100 B.C. The king of Upper Egypt‚ United the two regions. Egypt’s first
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When Christianity was first developed‚ it was often thought of as a radical cult targeting Rome. These thoughts come from the higher powers of the Roman civilization‚ yet as time progressed the leaders started assimilating the religion into society. The view of the Christians began to change as the religion began to spread its ideals throughout the lower class. The morals of Christianity gave the lower class comfort‚ for they did not have the same luxuries as the upper class did. Especially for women
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SLAVERY IN ANCIENT INDIA:- Slavery was a universal social evil and had its origin even from the early period of history. In India‚ its origin is closely associated with the caste system. It is believed that Sudras might have been reduced to slaves. A.L.Basham considers the Aryan conversion of the nativs into slaves as the origin of slavery in India. In ancient India slaves were well treated and their right well protected. Sarat Patil use in his book “Dasa‚ Sudra‚ Slavery” that the Sanskrit term-
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Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2015). Ancient Italy divided into many city-states and become allies through the Latin League. But the Roman had twenty-seven tribes and surrounding by the most dangerous neighbors Etruscans and Samnites in the north and south respectively. However‚ the relations Rome and the Latin cities become difficult several times because of the Rome supremacy in the Latin league‚ so the league had been dissolved and renewed due to the Rome need to back her old position as ahead
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Gender Roles Gender role is a term used in the social sciences and humanities to denote a set of behavioral norms that accompany a given gendered status (also called a gender identity) in a given social group or system. (WHO‚ 2011) Gender roles are seen everywhere‚ everyday. There are many different ways to look at gender roles. Defining the terms that help you completely understand gender roles is necessary. Delving into the family aspect of gender roles gives you a better grasp on the different
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politically and socially. * Thesis: Two civilizations which are similar and different individually are Egypt and Mesopotamia. II. Differences * Geographical Differences 1. Egypt developed North and South hugging the banks of the Nile River Valley. * The Nile River systematically floods which flooded the surrounding banks and made the soil exceptionally rich. * Egypt bordered on the side of sea and dessert which was difficult to invade and conquer it. 2. Mesopotamia has
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Even though the Sumerians and Egyptians were credited with the most important technology evolutions‚ Greece and Rome both had an impact on technology evolution. Most of their inventions and discoveries are still used today. Throughout the history of Rome‚ the Romans intelligence served them well with inventions like aqueducts‚ bound books‚ money‚ newspapers‚ or even concrete. However‚ the same could be said about Greece. The Greeks inventions consisted of the water mill‚ alarm clock‚ and basics of
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dynasties would rise and fall‚ and be taken over by a new person. India went back to independent city states when a ruler fell. China was generally able to be re-united through a ruler India was not‚ India was not able to be united in the north due to invasions from bordering countries. The only person to unite India was Ashoka Maurya Similarities: Both were patriarchal societies. Major cities were built along major water ways‚ India (The indus river) China (the yellow river) Both countries used
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