There are many successful civilizations that thrived for many years, but what did they need to succeed? What obstacles did they need to face in order to achieve a prospering civilization?One characteristic needed for a successful civilization is a strong ruler who could keep the country together even during a war or conflict. A civilization needs strong and intelligent soldiers that are quick learners and never cease to disappoint. Rules set in place for the people and new inventions are used to improve the country. Therefore, they’ll become a dominant and robust nation.…
However, it was hard for them to move elsewhere and the winner’s society recruited their men as members of the lower class. Powerful states, and therefore civilizations, were essentially established through combat. 3. What was the role of cities in the early civilizations? • The first cities had political and administrative (bureaucratic) centers, beautiful architecture (living spaces-houses and apartments, temples, etc.), and prominent culture (art, literature, rituals, and ceremonies.)…
Religion has existed since the beginnings of humanity. People have always yearned for a divine being that is both distant and familiar to the common man. While religion stems from the spiritual teachings of a religious leader, it can also be defined merely as an outlet or activity pursued with keenness and dedication. Much like music, art, and dance, which is open to interpretation, religion allows people to escape reality. However, because of the ideas and beliefs that religion entails, it is much less tangible than other outlets and requires a different method of practice.…
Elizabeth Graves Mr. Gribble AP World History 7 September 2014 The Growth of Technology Throughout World History The growth of new civilizations impacted an important aspect of human society known as technology. As these societies become more modernized, new technology have been introduced along with improvements of some of the earliest types. Technology has vastly changed from the earliest times to current times with the help of constant developments in the construction of tools, formation of science and mathematical laws, methods of successful building in architecture, and the invention of machines.…
Religion has been around since ancient times. Religion usually consisted of regular rituals, spirit led practices, myths, and fables based on a belief in higher supernatural entities and/or an entity who created and continued to maintain the world and help give structure to the life of humans. In today's world, everyone has their own life experiences but not everyone's life experiences includes religion. Some people have grown up practicing religion and/or may have started practing religion later on in their life. While others may have never indulged in religious practices.…
In my mind, religion has to do with God, fellowship, and…
Religion was once a way to help early humans explain the natural world around. In a time where nothing had any true explanations yet, answers needed to be filled, and the creation of God and Gods became that answer. Religion, however, soon became more than that. It became a way of life for most humans and gave them a moral compass to follow. It allowed people to come together as a community and learn to respect and appreciate one another.…
The main five culturally valued traits for which I am below average are superiority, risk taker, spirituality, family oriented and materialist. The level of acceptance that I am below average on superiority is high. I prefer not to be seen as superior or to be superior. However, it does not mean I let people push me around. Additionally, I am below average as a risk taker, which I accept at a high level.…
Essential Questions: How does having a belief (in something or someone) help us to conquer fear and keep hope alive? Having belief helps us to never give up and look on the bright side of things. Without having a belief in something then we don’t stand for anything and it helps to build character. For example, if someone believes in a religion it helps them to build and strengthen their morals by putting it to practice everyday.…
If people do not believe, there would not be any religion. Also there must have been a story told, and this doesn’t mean experience (experience doesn’t make a religion). In other words, someone needs to tell and people to believe it. In a religion, there could be hundreds or even thousands of different sects and they all have this idea in common which is they are the true religion. There needs to have a story for a religion to be made, the story may or may not be true but if people believe it, they will probably have a sense of control; and maybe then they will agree upon what is true and what is not.…
These characteristics differ based on each civilization’s individual culture,…
What do you think is necessary to uphold civilization? Do you have the necessities and essentials needed to create and keep a civilization? There are many qualities necessary to uphold a civilization. Without the certain qualities or necessities the civilization can either die out, never truly be created/upheld, or just can`t be called a civilization. You have to have people, shelter, food and water to uphold a civilization.…
Religion is a method humans have developed of making their lives more pleasurable, more meaningful, and more…
Religion plays a huge role in our daily lives. Rather your religious practice is Judaism, Christianity, Amish, Buddhism, Hinduism, atheism, etc., religion seems to shape minds and have a part of every society. “Over the past 100,000 years, no group of people anywhere on earth have been found that did not practice some type of religion (Haviland, 2011)” In researching religion, I’ve found that most religions work towards positive change within its members, in return brings positive change in society.…
Different cultures have their own values and beliefs. Different cultures also have their own needs. Cultural needs is the reason for technical advancements. Technology is created to help with the needs of the culture. Technology shapes the culture as it interacts with language, economics, politics, and arts.…