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    Ancient Near East is a general term that holds geographical territory, religion beliefs and living conditions of early civilizations established within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East five thousand years ago: Mesopotamia and Egypt. These Ancient Eastern civilizations are considered the cradle of modern civilization; they were the origin of many civilization features as agriculture practice, empires, law codes, social stratification, urbanism and writing system.…

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    Religion has been a part of human society since the first civilizations, but there have always been those who question it. Religion is questioned because proven science often can contradict the stories that make up a religion. Many people believe that religion is a waste of time, and that there’s no such thing as a God or a higher power. One of the most outspoken author to question beliefs and religion is Kurt Vonnegut, who in his novel, Cat’s Cradle, shows the detrimental aspects of religion…

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    advancements were spurred by a desire to have clean beverages to drink. From the dawn of civilization until today, six of these beverages have advanced civilizations in subtle, yet powerful, ways. These six drinks are beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. Each one was a hallmark of a different era of civilization. Beer was the defining drink of the ancient civilizations of the Fertile Crescent, the cradle of civilized society. The Fertile Crescent extends…

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    eventually formed civilizations. A civilization is a community characterized by elements such as a system of writing, organized government, culture, social classes, and economics. Throughout history many civilizations have existed; shaping modern existence through elements such as culture and politics as we know it. Civilization began to appear approximately 5,500 years ago in the river valleys of the Nile (North Africa) and the Tigris-Euphrates (the Middle East); the first civilization there…

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    in “Mesopotamia.” “Mesopotamia” is a Greek word that means, “Land between the Rivers.” The land between the rivers is a very fertile area, which is where many people grew crops. The development of cities began around 3,500 BCE. Throughout time, civilization grew with laws, crops, and people. Mesopotamia helped create writing and taxes. The name, Mesopotamia, is used for the area that is watered by the Euphrates and Tigris and its tributaries, roughly made up of modern Iraq and part of Syria. In…

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    The Earliest civilization in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East was Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is bordered on its sides by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia, in fact, is Greek for “between the rivers.” The rise of Sumerian Civilization began when the first Sumerian cities began in the lower part of Mesopotamia, and Sumer became a great empire inside of Mesopotamia. The Indus River Valley Civilization is the first civilization in India. The Indus Valley is located in the…

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    Qing Dynasty Imperialism

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    China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. The yellow river is said to be the cradle of Chinese civilization during the neolithic period. Ancient historical texts such as the Bamboo annals describe a Xia dynasty dating back to 2100-1700 BC, followed by the Shang dynasty in 1700-1046 BC. It wasn’t until the Zhou dynasty (1046-246 BC) that much of the Chinese culture, literature and philosophy developed. The Zhou dynasty eventually broke apart because of internal fighting. In 221 BC Qin…

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    First of all, this effected the geologic location of their culture. They built entire cities around water and ensuring access to it. The first known civilization of the Indus Valley, the Harappan civilization, was built along the water and flourished the most from about 2500-2000 B.C.E . It is believed that this civilization collapsed internally, likely because of a decline in water-based trade or farming. No culture leaned more heavily on their water source than the Egyptians. It is…

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    Vonnegut uses imagery and manipulation of fiction to reveal truths about human nature we would deny. Cats Cradle and Slaughter-House Five are two examples of Vonnegut 's writings that use these skills to show the gory, but at times hilarious truths of war, science and reality. Although both novels have their plots and characters, they shared some common ideas and themes. In the novel Cats Cradle, John the narrator sets out to research information for his book titled "The Day the World…

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    (www.SparkNotes.com).” As a result, it seemed that no matter how educated the Natives became, they were still seen as being a lesser people to the whites. From racism, the idea of civilization vs. uncivilized life came about. Conrad used the “light and dark” difference regarding this. The light represented civilization –the civilized or “good”…

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