Hellenistic civilization

1. The Royal courts, in the Middle Ages had their own messengers who were used as courier agents. Do you know that these courier agents were paid just a little more than labourers at that time? 2. It was only in the year 2400 BC that the first documented courier service was introduced. The Pharaohs of Egypt are credited for the start of the documentation of deliveries and correspondence. 3. Do you what was the name given to the first courier service in the United States of America? You would be…

History in a nutshell is something that is hard to understand. However, the city of Thessalonica has brought a change to how we understand history. From being created in the bible times, we learn more about our religion and our Savior and the origins of it all. This city has left beautiful architecture that keeps people staring for days. With being present day Greece, Thessalonica is never forgotten. The location of Thessalonica is a significant place; it is located in the Central Macedonia…

Throughout all of ancient history there have been many cases of long-established trade, none of these are as famous as the Silk Road of China. The Silk Road integrated China and the Western World, including India, Greece, Persia and Rome. It was named the Silk Road in 1877 by the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen. The Silk Road was first established in the second century BC and it was put out of use in the 1400’s. Not only was silk traded on this road but culture as well. Many…

Civilization Strips People In the novel, Brave New World, John’s morals are shifted when he is transplanted from his savage native state of New Mexico to the civilized state of London.Once the move is made, John begins to change. He seems to become more civilized as time passes, and he also seems to fall into the practices of the World State.These new surroundings shape John’s psychological and moral traits, they re-shape his understandings of love, life and human nature, this illuminates the…

Human expression, settled communities, and religion provide ancient China and Egypt order, stability, and protection contributing to each civilizations growth. Human expression led to ancient China’s creation and growth. Over time the Chinese people developed a writing style similar to Egypt’s: pictures and symbols, and later adapting the Roman alphabet. They used their form of writing in three ways. One, it was a way to keep records. This is significant to the Chinese people because when…

Revolution began around 6000 B.C.E to 8000 B.C.E. with the addition of agriculture and pastoralism civilizations began to form. These civilizations include Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, and the Shang dynasty in China and later more. All of these societies took on the same change for hunting and gathering to stationary life. While Mesopotamia and Shang had many similarities a early civilizations there culture was very unique. Both Shang and Mesopotamia used art as a form of creative…

There have always been different conflicts in our world. Society can either learn and grow from them or be destroyed by them. In three stories “The wife’s story” by Ursula Le Guin, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, and “Clock (bomb)” by Associated Press, the topic of the conflict is between different cultures are explored. The first story that shows a conflict between cultures is “The wife’s story” by Ursula Le Guin. In this story, there is a married couple who loved each other so much, but…

separate humans from animals. However, with good follows bad. In Jared Diamond’s article The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race, he informs the readers about the change in lifestyle of the human race after shifting to an agricultural civilization from hunter-gathering societies. He describes the curses and vexes brought upon humanity after farming became universally practiced. Diamond’s speculation about the negative impacts that agricultural society created are accurate.…

first started to develop people did not live in one stationary society. Instead the traveled so they could find food easier. This was known as hunting and gathering. When farming started to become useful people started to settle in stationary civilizations, making it easier to live but creating more complex societies. Societies became more complex because of the development of stationary communities, and the population growths that took place. The development of farming created a stable food…

china and one centralized government had difficulty uniting the people past the massive divide in distance and culture the geography created. I agree with Lewis in this because geography is one of the most important factors in a civilization, it determines where civilizations start and if they survive.…