The pre-modern era was a massive time period in which human civilizations began to transition from their hunter and gatherer lifestyles‚ and move towards more sustainable settlements. This move towards more permanent settlements is what gave rise to many new technologies. During the pre-modern era‚ the technological innovations of Cuneiform‚ beasts of burden‚ and early maritime trade were the most pivotal in establishing the course of human history. Without these select technological innovations
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Western Civilization-Antigone Paper In the book Antigone by Sophocles the author portrays an image of how society was back in classical Greece. This book gives us a idea of what a woman’s order was in society‚ family life‚ death rituals‚ politics and religion. In Athens the king ruled over the land and its people. If any of his people questioned his leadership‚ they would be sentenced to death especially a woman such as Antigone. The book seems to show that men rule and women are ruled
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Mesopotamian villages and towns eventually evolved into independent and nearly self-sufficient city-states. Although largely economically dependent on one another‚ these city-states were independent political entities and retained very strong isolationist tendencies. This isolationism hindered the unification of the Mesopotamian city-states‚ which eventually grew to twelve in number. By 3000 B.C.‚ Mesopotamian civilization had made contact with other cultures of the Fertile Crescent (a term first
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life. These raids are presumed to have interrupted the work on the Book of Kells. Later Gospel books aren’t as intricately illuminated. In the early Viking period‚ periodic raids on the rich monasteries of Ireland and England and on the north-western coasts of Europe including the raid on England’s Christian monastatic community of Lindisfarne Island in 793‚ the reign of Viking fear began. Viking craftsmen were excellent at woodwork and metalwork‚ jewelry from silver‚ gold and bronze‚ and weapons
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environment affect the Mesopotamians? Mesopotamia is one of the earliest human civilizations. This fertile and beautiful landscape is between Tigris and Euphrates River which flow through the now modern day Iraq. There were many reasons why Mesopotamia thrived to succeed as a civilization‚ but I will narrow it down to trade‚ food‚ and culture. How did this all get connected to the physical environment and how does the physical environment itself affect the Mesopotamians? You are just about to
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The Hundred Years’ War‚ 1336-1453 Western Europe in 1328 CAUSES The Battle for Flanders Flanders had grown to be the industrial center of northern Europe and had become extremely wealthy through its cloth manufacture. It could not produce enough wool to satisfy its market and imported fine fleece from England. England depended upon this trade for its foreign exchange. During the 1200’s‚ the upper-class English had adopted Norman fashions and switched from beer to wine. (Note that beer and
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time apart from food production to socialize and create art‚ having different labors other than those related to food (priests‚ shopkeepers‚ artisans‚ etc.)‚ and lastly the creation of civilizations. 2) How did Mesopotamian civilization emerge‚ and what technologies promoted its advancement? Mesopotamian civilizations emerged when farmers began to plant crops. Crops were a very big part of their diet. Once knowing how to handle certain crops‚ the type of care they needed‚ and what temperature they
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Western society was broken up in estates. These estates were the Church‚ the Nobility and Peasantry. Imagine contemporary western society has now been divided into three estates. I would say that it will be broken up as follows: the Political class‚ the Wealthy class and the Working class. Although we lived in the same country we were broken down into estates. The Political class‚ were considered the “law makers”. This included the President of the United States‚ Judges‚ lawyers and anyone
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future professional life. This year‚ thanks to the "Ichec housing project" we had the opportunity to gain experience on this subject. The topic of this essay is to explain the cultural differences that can exist between the Indian society and the Western society. In order to do that we will first make a theoretical analysis aiming to put in evidence the way those two societies are structured. We will also explain the differences that we can find between them. Then‚ we will analyze what was the result
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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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