After becoming the bishop of Milan‚ Ambrose made many changes within the Western Church. He was accountable for the two first theological works written in Latin‚ which were De Sacramentis on the Sacraments and De Spirtu Sancto on the Holy Spirit. Ambrose was also able to instruct and strengthen the process of preparing for Baptism. He reformed the Church’s way of singing by introducing singing into the Western Church. The singing that was done in the church at the time was known as the “Ambrosian
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History 111 1/31/13 The First Civilizations: The Peoples of Western Asia and Egypt Civilization is defined as "a complex culture in which large numbers of people share a variety of common elements". But what are these common elements? Many of the worlds first civilizations all shared a number of key characteristics that set them apart from early hominids. The development of citites and architechual monuments‚ which became the central point of matters such as economics ‚ polictics‚ and new artistic
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Ancient Greece influenced our western civilization in many ways. It produced philosophers‚ scientist‚ mathematicians‚ artists‚ writers and architects in our civilization. As Americans we have learned and took on many things from the Greeks. Greeks were one of the most advanced cultures. Having theaters‚ Olympics‚ myths and many other things. Our civilization today is still completely interested with folklore and folk tales. Today we don’t believe in more than one God unlike the Greek culture they
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causes and ramifications of the Great War. Properly understanding both the causes and the ramifications helps one to understand the significant impact the war had on Western Civilization. Several causes helped spark this Great War which would affect the entirety of Western Civilization. First‚ Germany’s Weltpolitik had a great influence on the continent of Europe. With the unification of the German states into one power‚ the continent suddenly had another world leader on its hands. Growing quickly
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The Five Most Significant Historical Events During this course‚ I have definitely learned more than I ever would have thought was a part of Western Civilization. This course has taught me so much‚ and learning about a lot of things that have occurred in the past‚ has given me so much insight on how things have been shaped for not only the present but the future. To me‚ I think five of the most significant historical events or eras was; the Industrial Revolution‚ the American Revolution
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Western Europe emerged from the hardships of the middle ages in a spectacular cultural flowering-the renaissance‚ literally a rebirth. A money economy replaced the feudal system‚ and consumer goods with fixed price levels and values became available on an open market. During the renaissance individuals became more self-aware and extrovert. Renaissance had a more unifying effect on fashion. Clothes were made to match a customer’s request. Tailors began to form business networks of closely related
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The Italian Renaissance was a period of great achievement that produced very influential masterworks that directly affects society today. The masterworks created by the genius artists during this time period are all greatly influenced by the philosophy of Humanism. Humanism of the Italian Renaissance was an education reform based off the idea that humans are the primary importance and centered on human’s values‚ capacities‚ and worth (Eugenio 534). This theory gives the knowledge necessary for
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The Italian Renaissance was a reawakening of literature and art‚ as well as many of the ideas of previous cultures (“The Impact‚” 2016). Although they were not the only ideas to be revived‚ Greco-Roman Classical beliefs were perhaps the most prominent. The revivification of ideas such as humanism and Platonism and their effects on art make the influence of the Greco-Roman Classical period blatantly obvious in the philosophy of the Renaissance period. One of the most obvious revivals is the revisiting
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Metaphysics: Plato’s greatest contribution to modern society is found in his theories relating to metaphysics. These is now referred to as Platonism (or Exaggerated Realism). Plato divides his world into two aspects: the intelligible world and the perceptual world. The Perceptual world: Plato saw the perceptual world around us as imperfect copies of the intelligible forms or ideas. The Intelligible world: Forms are unchangeable and perfect‚ and only comprehensible by the use of intellect and understanding
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China and Japan’s Responses to Western Influence During the 19th and 20th centuries‚ much of the western world had at the very least‚ begun to modernize. Countries on this side of the globe were becoming booming metropolises. Trade with many other nations brought lots of new things to these western countries and also resulted in the Europeans observing a good deal of places that were not yet modernized. These observations later lead to the western nations wanting to make changes. They
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