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    Western civilization 10/15/2010 Growth of Christianity The religion of Christianity is the belief that Jesus Christ is god. Jesus lived somewhere between 4 and 30 BCE and was from Nazareth. Jesus was brought up an orthodox Jew and was born into a bit of a higher class family. Jesus became a Jewish teacher and was said to give a message of hope and moral demands. He was executed somewhere around 30BCE by the roman crowed and was crucified. After his death his body reportedly went pissing from

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    I disagree with some of the ideas presented in “Aspects of Western civilization.” Perry Rodgers‚ the author‚ gives a magnificent account of historical events in the book. The part of Mesopotamian civilization has an epic poem of the story of Gilgamesh. The items that I will dispute in the story will include the battle between the king and Enkidu. Also‚ I disagree with how the gods use their powers. Finally‚ I am not for the idea of Gilgamesh looking for the key to living an everlasting life. I

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    “Transformation of the Western Civilization” “Examination Final” By Reinaldo Gutierrez Early Western History HIST 1090 – EV1 Professor Vincent L. Toscano December 6th‚ 2011 In a period about 250 years‚ the western civilization experiment a series of changes that will shift the medieval world of the 1400 to a brand new modern era by the mid-1600‚ all aspect of the medieval civilization suffer a notorious changes and transformation

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    Civilization has been around for a long time. Throughout time there have been many different cultures‚ religions‚ and regions of people who have developed their civilizations to the point of sustainability. In 1943‚ Paul Kirchhoff came up with the name Mesoamerica for what is now south America and lower Mexico. Ancient and prominent civilizations such as the Mayan Aztec come from Mesoamerica but‚ what is know to be the first is the Olmec. The real name of the civilization remains unknown Olmec is

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    03/08/2012 Religion Paper #2 What is Western Civilization and how does one describe it? Where does the west begin and were does it end‚ what exactly is the meaning of civilization? These are the questions that we have to ask ourselves. Because people are often both partial and biased‚ our definition of Western civilization is going to be comparative to how we see ourselves in this day and age. So let’s take a look into a brief description of what is meant by Western culture‚ and two specific examples

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    Greek democracy was in some way unfair. There were many both fair and unfair things about Ancient Greece. One unfair thing was that only males who were citizens were allowed to vote‚ no women‚ no men who weren’t citizens. That was unfair. Mainly men had power over everything and to me that was unfair. One fair thing is that all men were treated equally in some way. Just because you were “poor” or not extremely rich didn’t mean that you could not have a job. Slaves were used. Peasants were used. The

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    Western civilization is the civilization of modern societies living in countries of Western Europe‚ Central Europe‚ North America‚ South America‚ Australia and New Zealand. It is a civilization with distinct culture‚ religion and traditions. The essay will try to convince you that contact with Western culture and opportunity for ancient civilizations. My first argument is the fact that getting to know the culture of other civilizations‚ we know its habits. It can be something interesting

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    Imperialism Near the end of the nineteenth century‚ there was a sharp increase in the need for people of Western civilization to expand their way of life across the globe. Colonization had begun in the 1600s as a method of economic gain for European countries. The reasons for expansion in the late nineteenth century‚ however‚ had deviated from only economical prosperity. The notion that evolution as well as the belief in their racial and cultural superiority caused many white Europeans and

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    Greek democracy first arose in Athens‚ for a short period of time. In the following paragraphs‚ the rise of Greek democracy‚ as well as the background and reasoning behind how it rose and fell‚ will be discussed. First‚ Athens became a democracy‚ but it was not always a democracy. In the period between 800 and 500 BCE‚ Athens had aristocrats that had taken control of most of the good land‚ as well as gaining much of the political power in the city. People that were either poorer or middle class

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    Civilization- A civilization is any complex society with a social hierarchy‚ form of communication‚ separation from the natural environment‚ and control over the natural environment. Every civilization has depended on agriculture to be able to maintain itself at a minimum. Civilizations are much more politically advanced than other societies‚ usually having certain social classes. Usually the ruling class‚ the class that controls the supplies and exercises its will as a government or a bureaucracy

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