Ancient World Civilizations – Self Reflection Essay 2002, an 8 year old Bradley Sylvestre was digging in a large dirt driveway equipped with a warped garden trowel, a toothbrush that was clearly not suitable to use hygienically anymore, and a small gardening shovel. Anxious to find remnants of an ancient world, I was very ecstatic when I found bones in the hole I dug. However, my parents weren’t so happy when I brought them the unearthed remains of my sister’s long-lost hamster. Anyone looking at that young and curious kid would have never guessed that he grew up to be me; a sophomore at Wentworth Institute of Technology majoring in biomedical engineering. Throughout my life I have always been deeply interested in being an archaeologist ever
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A significant amount of my knowledge comes from the History channel (when it actually broadcasted history-related documentaries), books, both mythological and fictional, video games, movies and TV shows such as Red Cliff, Troy, Gladiator, Marco Polo, and Elizabeth I. Movies that portray the realism of war and the incredible intelligence that goes behind the brute strength of an army really catch my attention. Among the few that I listed, Red Cliff (subtitled in English) was one of my favorite historical movies because, not only did it sate my historical appetite, but it appealed to me as a movie in whole as well. Red Cliff is about the end of the Han Dynasty, and each battle is carefully choreographed, each scene is strategically placed in relevance to the story and each tactic is intelligently …show more content…
Ancient world politics have changed and been reformed to better suit the advancing world and to help maintain a moral balance in human nature; there are still laws present, officials elected and citizens who hold power and whom which are under the restrictions of said laws. Sending a man to the moon, calling in an attack on a nation on the other side of the planet, and the capability to either destroy or promote life by the use of science is how technology affects contemporary society. The human mind will always be creative, and will seek to improve and enhance anything it sees as aesthetically pleasing; mankind may have advanced from the use of mud and sticks to the use of compounds of steel and glass, but visual appeal in the architecture in which the materials are arranged is something that will always take an artistic mind. From trading sheep and pigs to the invention of currency, everything holds a price, and in contemporary society, economics is what basically drives the human race, through the acquisition and exchange of currency. The last feature, religion, may not hold as much power as it did hundreds of years ago, however the building blocks of which contemporary society is formed on came from the idea of religion. Religion is still around in a multitude of forms, and whether or not you believe in Buddhism or in the Church of the Flying
A significant amount of my knowledge comes from the History channel (when it actually broadcasted history-related documentaries), books, both mythological and fictional, video games, movies and TV shows such as Red Cliff, Troy, Gladiator, Marco Polo, and Elizabeth I. Movies that portray the realism of war and the incredible intelligence that goes behind the brute strength of an army really catch my attention. Among the few that I listed, Red Cliff (subtitled in English) was one of my favorite historical movies because, not only did it sate my historical appetite, but it appealed to me as a movie in whole as well. Red Cliff is about the end of the Han Dynasty, and each battle is carefully choreographed, each scene is strategically placed in relevance to the story and each tactic is intelligently …show more content…
Ancient world politics have changed and been reformed to better suit the advancing world and to help maintain a moral balance in human nature; there are still laws present, officials elected and citizens who hold power and whom which are under the restrictions of said laws. Sending a man to the moon, calling in an attack on a nation on the other side of the planet, and the capability to either destroy or promote life by the use of science is how technology affects contemporary society. The human mind will always be creative, and will seek to improve and enhance anything it sees as aesthetically pleasing; mankind may have advanced from the use of mud and sticks to the use of compounds of steel and glass, but visual appeal in the architecture in which the materials are arranged is something that will always take an artistic mind. From trading sheep and pigs to the invention of currency, everything holds a price, and in contemporary society, economics is what basically drives the human race, through the acquisition and exchange of currency. The last feature, religion, may not hold as much power as it did hundreds of years ago, however the building blocks of which contemporary society is formed on came from the idea of religion. Religion is still around in a multitude of forms, and whether or not you believe in Buddhism or in the Church of the Flying