word means and how people think about it historically. -Pre-Philosophical Thinking: The way people thought about reality before Philosophy was discovered -Brief introduction to the origins of society Way back before 3000 BCE‚ farming was invented and people settled down. -3500-3300 BCE Civilization began meaning “city life”. Cities were much smaller would comprise 1000-2000 people. Big for that time. Development of writing. -Babylon & Sumer (writing) Epic of Gilgamesh - epic in a sense of an epic adventure
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Development Structure of Atoms The structure of atoms developed throughout time since 410 BCE to now. “Leucippus of Miletus (ca. 435 BCE) and Democritus of Abdera (ca. 410 BCE) developed the atomic hypothesis.” Their Theory was that the world is made up of atoms moving around in empty space‚ also in continuous motion and constantly colliding into each other. The ancient Greek philosophers were the first people to have the theory of atoms and no one continued their theory until early 1803 which
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Greek Terracota Amphora 6th Century BCE‚ Orvieto‚ Italy The Greek world of the sixth centuries B.C.E. consisted of numerous independent city-states‚ also known as poleis‚ separated one from the other by mountains and the sea. As they grew in wealth and power‚ the poleis on the coast of Asia Minor and neighboring islands competed with one another in the elaboration of art. Greek vessels hide substantial information about its culture. At first glance they may seem very simple and ordinary‚ but
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always so. By looking at the public buildings and political records‚ one can see that the period surrounding the Roman colonization of Pompeii (89 BCE) brought about changes big and small. Although most of the Forum had been built prior to the colonization‚ political and architectural transitions are apparent. Before the Roman colonization of Pompeii in 89 BCE‚ there was certainly considerable Roman influence in the town. For example‚ the Pompeiian magisterial positions of aidilis and kvaisstar were
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helped many people continue fighting for what they believed in. Leonidas was the king of Sparta‚ after his brothers Dorieus and Cleomenes died‚ for 10 years from 490-480 BCE. He was born in 540 BCE in the Sparta area‚ which was in the Peloponnesian Peninsula‚ located in southern Greece. Leonidas lived in Sparta from 540-480 BCE which means “Before Common Era.” Leonidas was 4th in line to become the king. He married Gorgo‚ who was the daughter of his half-brother Cleomenes‚ and he was the father of
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Hammurabi Was Unfair Hammurabi was the king of Babylon. He started in 1750 BCE-1792 BCE‚ Babylon is in modern day Iraq. In 1750 BCE there were two rivers that went through Babylon‚ the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. Hammurabi was the King of Babylon‚ he was a harsh ruler and that’s why I’m writing about Hammurabi’s Code. He was the first person recorded to make laws and he wrote two hundred and eighty-two laws that were written on a stele which is a big stone. Hammurabi was told by Shamash
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daily lives. Ancient Rome developed a lot because of the calendar and how it made life easier in Rome. The calendar was developed because they didn’t think 304 days aligned with all of the seasons. King Numa Pompilius reformed the calendar around 700 BCE by adding the months of January and February‚ to the original 10 months. This increased the year’s length to about 354 or 355 days. The addition of January and February meant that some of the months’ names no longer agreed with their
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Han Fei-tzu’s Legalist Views on Good Government‚ written in the second century BCE‚ brings to light the ideals and reasoning behind the school of thinking and institution that is Legalism. Written in the second century BCE at a time when China was experiencing multiple wars and political and social upheaval‚ Fei-tzu attempts to provide an explanation of what and why Legalism should be considered the most pragmatic choice for ruling China. The legalist school of thought was generally unconcerned with
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Asian Studies Reviewer for 2-25 St. Romuald Prepared by: Ian Dominic Mallillin Teacher: Ms. Lanie Pabilona I. EVOLUTION OF MAN: Evolution – Change over a long period of time Theory: * Charles Darwin’s Theory: His book was published on 1859 with the title of “On the origin of the Species of Man” This book stressed that man and all other species on earth were products of a long process of evolution. All species are related to each other and evolved over a long period of time.
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difficult for any political power to Beginning the Vedic Age • Indo-European warriors migrated into India after fall of Indus Valley civilizations • Organized into patriarchal families or kingship groups and herded cattle in northwest. After 1000 BCE began to push into the Ganges Valley Used iron tools to cultivate land and knock down trees Vedic Oral Tradition • Light skinned Arya tribes tell of a violent struggle with the darker skinned Dravidian speaking Dasas. The Arya tribes state they
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