The glory that was Greece‚" in the words of Edgar Allan Poe‚ was short-lived and confined to a very small geographic area. Yet it has influenced the growth of Western civilization far out of proportion to its size and duration. The Greece that Poe praised was primarily Athens during its golden age in the 5th century BC. The English poet John Milton called Athens "the eye of Greece‚ mother of arts and eloquence." Athens was the city-state in which the arts‚ philosophy‚ and democracy flourished. At
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Civilization is a progression of human society‚ with an advanced form of government‚ culture and social norms. Several civilizations took place in several places which shared certain characteristics. These include large population centers‚ monumental architecture‚ shared communication‚ a system for administration‚ complex division of labour and division of social and economic classes. These rise of civilization brought advance effect on modern society. To begin with‚ the Sumerian civilization has
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the advent of the medieval-modern civilizations‚ intent on spreading Catholic teachings. The preaching and crusades however needed more education‚ hence the adoption of new classes in the newly established universities in Oxford and Paris to better their theological‚ philosophical and religious work (Gracia‚ Jorge & Timothy‚ 2008‚ p 80). The phase saw more intense studies into the scientific literature from the Greek scholars and the Arab world. Knowledge of science grew as Albert the Great took center-stage
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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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Greeks improved our society with great inventions‚ ideas‚ and contributions to Western civilization. The Greeks’ contributions to Western civilization have shaped our society to be what it is today. Throughout the world‚ societies have been fashioned differently than the society would be if the Greeks had never existed because of the Greeks’ numerous contributions. However‚ the most distinct contributions to Western civilization are in drama‚ government‚ and philosophy. The theater of ancient Greece
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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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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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ion1-Western civilization : Contemporary Western civilization is based on deep-rooted intellectual foundations that date back as far as ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Five characteristics of Western thought were brilliantly outlined by Dr. Yussuf Al Qaradawi as follows: (Youssef Al-Qaradawi‚ Islam‚ the Civilization of the Future‚ p. 15‚ Wahba Library‚ Cairo‚ 1995.) 1- The flawed knowledge of the divinity : Western perception underlying Western civilization does not have a neat‚ clear-cut vision
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Greeks contributions to Western civilization. Out of the many great ideas they had‚ the three most popular ones are philosophy‚ math and medicine‚ and entertainment. These all play major parts in today’s everyday life. In ancient Greece‚ philosophy was becoming a big thing. Many people were against it and wanted to get rid of philosophers. There was a famous trial in which the Athenians tried to put Socrates to rest. He was accused of attacking conventional ideas and ways of life. They said he was
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Nationalism had been a conflicted influence in Western Civilization and in ways it made Europe almost seem complete. It was the idea that people had its own genius and its own specific unity‚ which manifests itself in a common language and history. It led for a desire of an independent political state. It originated from the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars‚ and over the years it had started to advance and spread among the nation. A philosopher named Johann Gottfried von Herder had been
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