05/31/13 Chapter 1 Reflection Paper 1 In chapter one‚ the Sumer culture is discussed at lengths including their religion of several Gods from the “natural world” and their technology and innovations. I particularly find it interesting that despite the Sumer’s lack of mineral‚ they were still able to make innovations and weapons using traded copper. The Sumer people may not have had access to various resources but they are still to be thanked for technology such as the seed drill. It is very useful
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The ancient Greeks contributed much to Western civilization. They have contributed many of the things we use and think about in modern day America. One of the things that the Greeks had thought of was democracy. They believed that all people should have the right of advancement‚ political decisions‚ and the right to serve the public. . Not only did the civilizations of Ancient Greece influence us in the areas of government‚ recreation‚ education‚ religion‚ theater‚ and the arts‚ but they also
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and the Hebrews Their development from the 3rd millennium to 2nd C.E. When the canonization of the Hebrew Holy ("TaNaKh") took place. Frank Mancini irg@ix.netcom.com MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamia was the land of four primary civilizations: the Sumerian‚ the Akkadians‚ the Babylonian and the Assyrians. The Hebrews‚ like the Akkadians‚ belong to a group of people known as Semites and from there we can see the influence of Mesopotamian culture in some of the Hebrews traditions
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Greek Contributions It is always important to look to the past in order to move towards the future. This was done in the formation of Western Society‚ and more specifically the formation of American society. The Greek culture served as a frame of reference for many aspects of Western life including government‚ architecture‚ math and the arts. Ancient Greek culture served as a very broad base for our society to be built upon. During the age of Pericles‚ the ideal form of government was believed
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HEBREW LITERATURE Hebrew Literature is consists of ancient‚ medieval‚ and modern writings in the Hebrew language. It is one of the primary forms of Jewish literature‚ though there have been cases of literature written in Hebrew bynon-Jews. Its twin foundations are the Bible and the Talmud. Beyond comparison‚ the most important of such works in Hebrew is the Bible. • Bible – written law 1. Old Testament • 39 books 2. New Testament • 27 books
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Ancient Egypt’s Religious Contributions to Western Civilization Behind all aspects of life of those who dwelt on the Nile in ancient times—behind their art‚ political structure and cultural achievements-one may sense forces at work which are religious in origin. Essentially‚ the principles of ancient Egyptian religion were significantly influential on all aspects of their daily life choices. The existence or absence of such things as ceremonies‚ buildings‚ language‚ and customs were dependant
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the fact ‚that the white man and his civilization and civilizing mission is the meanest animal and one with profoundest bestiality of nature in the jungle will be incredulous and to postulate that Sir Snooper is victim of brainwashing will be nebulous. In my humble opinion Sir Snooper apologia for "western civilization" and its concomitant barbarity and perversity may be ascribed to what Sir Snooper refer to as his title as honorific citizen of the western world‚in the process of achieving this
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There are many different ways that religion has shaped the way of western civilization. Christianity has always been such a huge topic of discussion and continues to grow throughout society. Christian influence on values‚ beliefs‚ and practices in western culture are very abundant. From reading the bible and other books on Christianity it really shows how much of an influence it has on peoples lives. Also with the formations of churches throughout the world and all of the followers that it contains
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Judaism and Western Civilization The basic contribution of Judaism to Western civilization is monotheism. Understood from the standpoint of Jewish tradition‚ Abraham was the first monotheist. He left polytheism behind to follow the directions of the one God. The Tanakh itself gives evidence that significant numbers of ancient Israelites worshipped multiple deities.(Rabbi Shofet) Jewish leadership called upon Israel to worship the one God with whom they had a covenant relationship. But as Tanakh
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Many countries have different religions and cultures. Culture is a form of human intellectual achievements. It is like learning a human’s behavior pattern. It does not matter what background you have or which part of the world you are from‚ everybody has a culture in them in some way. It involves interactions between people‚ for example verbal communication‚ non verbal communication and or facial expressions. For verbal communication people tend to greet each other in the politest way using common
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