1. What is the significance of Man the Hunter? Where else does Brazier assert gender clarity? - The significance of man the hunter is to naturally kill animals for food and use women to please his sexual desires. Brazier asserts gender clarity by depicting man as the hunter, provider, and overall the boss. Women were a property of the man, only used to serve his needs.
2. What theories might be put forward to explain the staggered development of civilizations? - A theory that may be put forward about staggered civilizations is that the Mediterranean was the first source of human development. They believed this because the modern western culture has its roots there, but African’s from the middle of the Sahara were actually the …show more content…
What did classic Greece and Rome give the world? - Greece gave the world the first democracy, art and science and Alexander the great. Rome gave the world class struggle, and chaos, Caesar’s military coup, where the army became a full-time force and political power.
8. What made China the most cultured country in the world? - During his reign emperor, Tai-Tsung transformed China into the most advanced and civilized country in the world. Its capital, Changan, was the largest city anywhere with a population of a million people by the eighth century. Changan was a cosmopolitan place made up of Indians, Turkish, and Japanese visitors. Buddhism caused a religious and philosophical revival. Christians and Muslims who arrived at there were courteously received. Their religions were found interesting and they were even allowed to build a church and a mosque.
9. What does Brazier think Christian propaganda was? - Propaganda was used to build up war fever. What Christian propaganda meant to Brazier was when the pope’s messengers spread odd stories about Turkish atrocities through France and Germany. During the 11th century, people had no reason to distrust the news so these stories produced a wave of popular outrage. People set out in large crowds to walk to the Holy Land to reclaim the Holy Sepulcher from the “infidel” or the “atheist.” This would become the first ever ‘internationalist’
2. What theories might be put forward to explain the staggered development of civilizations? - A theory that may be put forward about staggered civilizations is that the Mediterranean was the first source of human development. They believed this because the modern western culture has its roots there, but African’s from the middle of the Sahara were actually the …show more content…
What did classic Greece and Rome give the world? - Greece gave the world the first democracy, art and science and Alexander the great. Rome gave the world class struggle, and chaos, Caesar’s military coup, where the army became a full-time force and political power.
8. What made China the most cultured country in the world? - During his reign emperor, Tai-Tsung transformed China into the most advanced and civilized country in the world. Its capital, Changan, was the largest city anywhere with a population of a million people by the eighth century. Changan was a cosmopolitan place made up of Indians, Turkish, and Japanese visitors. Buddhism caused a religious and philosophical revival. Christians and Muslims who arrived at there were courteously received. Their religions were found interesting and they were even allowed to build a church and a mosque.
9. What does Brazier think Christian propaganda was? - Propaganda was used to build up war fever. What Christian propaganda meant to Brazier was when the pope’s messengers spread odd stories about Turkish atrocities through France and Germany. During the 11th century, people had no reason to distrust the news so these stories produced a wave of popular outrage. People set out in large crowds to walk to the Holy Land to reclaim the Holy Sepulcher from the “infidel” or the “atheist.” This would become the first ever ‘internationalist’