Main components of every civilization: 1. government and laws 2. formal religion 3. language 4. agriculture (irrigation‚ domestication of plants‚ etc) 5. specialized skills (pottery‚ clothing‚ etc) 6. trade (to acquire what you do not have and cannot make‚ but need) 7. economic system (bartering or currency‚ etc). Factors that give rise to civilization: A. Geographical location 1. All four of the major centers of early civilization (were China‚ India‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Mesoamerica) arose
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Ancient Greeks thought themselves as “one people.” Greek people had the same religion‚ language and culture. Young men and women from the Greek city states were sent compete in the Olympic Games. Ancient Greek was divided into several independent city states (Polis). Even though Greeks thought themselves as one people‚ politically they defended their independence from each other. Relation between Greeks and Phoenicians increased during ninth century B.C.E. Geeks adopted the Phoenicians alphabets
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Introduction Maya civilization is an ancient American culture. It’s one of the most developed civilizations in the western hemisphere before the arrival of Europeans. People called the Maya lived in Mexico‚ Guatemala‚ Belize‚ El Salvador and Honduras. Those people built massive stone pyramids‚ temples‚ and sculpture; developed a system of writing using hieroglyphs; and recorded their achievements in mathematics and astronomy. Most archeologists said that the Maya culture attained its highest level
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Lecture Notes on Greek Civilization Greece part of the Balkan Peninsula maritime country in Southeastern Europe bounded in the north by Albania‚ Bulgaria‚ Macedonia‚ in the south by the Mediterranean Sea‚ in the west by the Ionian Sea and in the east by the Aegean Sea known as the first “Western” civilization; reached the peak of its advancement in the 5th century BCE had no unified government and consisted of city states 4 Major Greek Tribes: 1. Acheans 2. Ionians 3. Dorians 4
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There are a number of civilizations wrapped up in the history of the world. Among those lies one prominent‚ The Egyptian Civilization. Today’s people may associate Ancient Egypt with huge pyramids‚ heavy slave labor or even the popular movie “The Prince of Egypt”. However‚ the reality is‚ very few people know the real make up of this empire or that this civilization holds great weight in Black History because it originated in Africa. Some believe it to be a place of chaos and brutality‚ while others
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The Aztec civilization will be one of the greatest ones in history. The Aztecs clothes for women consisted of sleeveless blouses‚ and wraparound skirts. The men wore a maxtatl. Which was a cloak or a cape. The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican native civilization that inhabited South Central Mexico. The civilization existed in the era of 600 to the year 1521. The Aztec built temples‚ pyramids‚ shrines‚ their Aztec homes‚ ball courts‚ and garden and farming lands. The most famous of these type of buildings
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mud-brick‚ grouped in villages where they tended their crops. They built granaries to store their grain‚ and they began developing a token system to record trade and accounts. Between 3500 and 3000‚ for reasons still not well understood‚ the civilization of Southern Mesopotamia underwent a sudden growth and change‚ centered in the cities of Ur and Uruk. This development was perhaps driven by climatic change which rendered the old ways of agriculture less productive. People clustered into fewer
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Civilization is a complex way of life that came about when people began to develop urban settlements. The rise of agriculture allowed the development of the earliest civilizations wherein people have surplus food to maintain economic stability and for survival. The earliest civilizations first appeared in Mesopotamia‚ what is now Iraq‚ and then in Egypt. Civilizations also developed in the Indus Valley by 2500 BCE‚ in China by 1500 BCE and in Central America‚ what is now Mexico‚ by 1200 BCE. Civilizations
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The Contradiction of Civilization In Civilization and its Discontents‚ Sigmund Freud provides meaning to human nature and our unhappiness. He proposes that mankind is in constant struggle with instinctive violent and sexual behaviors. Civilization has created boundaries to regulate our behavior. Freud believes that these boundaries repress our natural instincts and ultimately lead to unhappiness. Civilization is created to protect mankind and establish a functional society‚ but it is in our
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The Hebrew civilization was one of the most influential civilizations in the west. The Hebrew bible or what the Christians call the Old Testament‚ their history has been disputed because most it has been drawn from oral and written sources. Deep rooted in their traditions with not having a centralized political power‚ they decided to go against the grain and decided that having a king would give them stronger leadership. Their first king was Saul‚ after twenty years David was named king. During his
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