Indus Valley Civilization

This civilization existed around 5000-3500 BCE. The first city-states gradually develop in southern Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia lies between the two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq. Some of the major Mesopotamian civilizations include the Sumerian, Assyrian, Akkadian, and Babylonian civilizations. The Sumerians were the first people to migrate to Mesopotamia, they created a good civilization. They invented writing and government. They were organized in city-states where each city had…

As quoted from Abraham Lincoln, “Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.” The novel, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, tells about a group of English boys who land on an inhabited island after a plane crash. After realizing there are no adults around, the boys attempt to create their own society while waiting for rescue. Although the boys are rescued in the end, their lives were destroyed throughout the course of the book. This novel clearly shows…

Humans began from nothing. Technological advances in agriculture allowed early civilizations to develop and sustain themselves over long periods of time. When technological advances were made they allowed early humans to be able to domesticate plants and animals for their personal farming use, they also discovered writing which led to a form of communication and roles began to change. Just about all of these changes can be tied back in some way to the domestication of plants and animals.…

The start of alcohol production dates back to 6000 B.C. in the Middle East; where grapevines were first cultivated for the manufacturing of wine. By 800 B.C., the first “drunks” were identified in Plato’s works (“History of Alcohol”, n.d.). However, it wasn’t until the 1600’s where alcohol abuse was first spotted (“History of Alcohol”), and it has only worsened since then. Today, alcohol is the most commonly used drug in Canada; as a result, it is considered to be one of the most harmful drugs…

led to diverse cultures. Geographic features have been a key factor to civilization success and development. Ancient Egypt and Ancient Sumer had many geographic features that shaped and molded their civilizations. As different civilizations began to develop, people were able to exchange ideas more easily through writing. A scribe’s job became extremely important to the development and functions of the first civilizations. Without the forms of writing created, trades couldn’t have been…

able to share their products with others, while receiving products as well. The least influential trading system was the sub-Saharan because it did not provide as many influential products or cultural ideas as the other trade routes. 19) The evidence that exists to support the claim that food was an important crop that was traded during the Foundations period, is that most of the items traded, were food. Everyone in society needed food to survive, so they were traded among the countries. Food…

Before civilizations arose, humans survived by hunting wild animals and gathering plants. In order to this, they had to move from place to place based on seasons and animal migratory patterns. As humans returned to the same places during certain seasons for food, they learned that buried seeds from the year before turned into plants that they could eat. The discovery of agriculture allowed people to stay in one place and have larger populations due to more food, as a result of this,…

amount of parallels that are able to be drawn between early civilizations are striking. There are so many similarities, that the more eccentric historians have even hypothesized the involvement of extraterrestrial beings. However, it is not aliens, it is merely just that all beginning societies require the same things in order to initially prosper. This concept is exemplified by the Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Chinese and Indian civilizations as well as the Olmec and Mayan people. In the beginning,…

Culture is something we all have, it runs between countries and people. People have different ideas and beliefs. This, however, causes people to view others as “inferior” or not as well off or as good as them. The ideas of people differs from others. Culture always affects the way people view the world. These authors and artist, Santha Rama Rau, Pat Mora, and finally the artist Frida Kahlo show how this is in different stories and paintings of theirs. “By Any Other Name”, by Santha Rama Rau,…

efficient and prosperous state. A similar moral code of conduct can be seen in Book of Exodus: Moses Leads the Hebrews from Egypt. In this record, Moses is given the task by God to lead the Israelite population out of Egypt, from bondage. In leaving civilization and venturing out into the desert, there seems to be a need for moral codes of conduct, to keep the people on the virtuous path. Thus, the Lord God institutes the Ten Commandments through Moses, and institutes laws that govern the way in…