have influenced the Western civilizations in many ways. The ancient greeks have made many contributions to them in aspects of art‚ mathematics‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ science‚ and architecture. These ideas have dramatically changed Western Civilizations‚ and continue to influence the world. When the Ancient Greeks would expand their empire‚ they would spread their cultures as well‚ a form of cultural diffusion. One of the greatest contributions Greece has made to Western civilizations was philosophy. The
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No. 1 Quarter I V 2010 ISSN 2229 – 5313 THE EFFECTS OF WESTERN CIVILISATION AND CULTURE ON AFRICA Dare Arowolo (Lecturer‚ Dept. of Political Science & Public Administration‚ Adekunle Ajasin University‚ Nigeria) ABSTRACT The central argument of this paper stems from the submission that colo nialism‚ slave trade and missionary are the platform upon which Western civilisation and culture thrive and are sustained. While insisting that Western civilisation and culture has precariously contaminated the
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peeks not the valleys of the achievements of mankind.1 This statement shows that among the civilization that rose‚ the western civilization is always ahead of the other societies. There is an assumption that western civilization are progressive than Asians. In comparison to the medieval world‚ view‚ however believed in a fixed order of things and was theocratic. It is true that the western civilization started the economic and social activity through the Industrial revolution. The industrial
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Ancient Greeks made many influential contributions to Western civilization such as fine arts‚ democracy‚ and philosophy. This culture has had a very profound impact on the way people live today. Among the many aspects of Greek culture that have influenced Western Civilization‚ the most notable would be philosophy. Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ and Plato are some of the most well known philosophers ever. They encouraged learning and logical reasoning. Socrates urged his students to question and critically
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Western Union This essay is about a company that has been growing for more than 160 years. They started its history as a telegraph and wire services company. Western Union is a company that was founded in the United States of America as New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in 1851. They offer an array of financial services‚ including money transfer‚ prepaid services‚ and services for businesses. They serve customers online‚ by phone and from 510‚000 Agent Locations worldwide
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The History Museum of Mobile has a lot of exhibits that demonstrated the impact that western civilization after 1600 has had on United States of America and the city of Mobile. One of the greatest conquers is in the city of Mobile‚ not physical of course. Napoleon Bonaparte death mask is kept in the History Museum. The time period of this mask can be dated back to the late eighteenth century. Napoleon “Bonaparte created something dramatically new: the French Empire with himself as emperor” (369)
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early western civilization. Around 4 B.C.E. Jesus was born. The events of his life and death lead to the development of Christianity which first spread among slaves‚ the poor‚ and women who were dissatisfied with their place in the Roman patriarchal society. Christianity then spread to the upper classes and the educated. Around the 4th century C.E. the Emperor Constantine acknowledged the Christian religion‚ and by the 5th century all of the Roman Empire was officially Christian. (A History of
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The End of History and the Clash of Civilization written by Jasmine Liu "The End of History" is an essay written by Francis Fukuyama in 1989 and published in the international affairs journal The National Interest. In the essay‚ Fukuyama argued that the advent of Western liberal democracy may signal the endpoint of humanity’s sociocultural evolution and the final form of human government. The highlights of the essay are listed as follows. Firstly‚ Fukuyama held the view that history should be viewed
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My understanding of history changed as a result of what I learned this unit. Prior to reading Howard Zinn’s Columbus and Western Civilization‚ I believed that history was infallible. I saw Columbus as a hero who paved the way for colonization in the Americas. What I didn’t know‚ were the covered up facts hidden from us by the improper reconstruction of history. I knew that Native Americans were abused by Europeans‚ but I never pondered the fact that Columbus abused them as well. “He ordered the natives
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Government and Politics have been developing since the time of Western Civilization. There have been many changes in these areas along the way to get our government to where it is today. Human beings in western civilization had to learn to govern themselves in their small communities giving the control to their elders. They learned the trait of farming which gave the nomadic people food meaning they could create more permanent settlements‚ which they could then created towns. These small towns were
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