Indus Valley Civilization

Similarities and differences between regional societies are bountiful in early modern history. Hundreds of societies rose to power and fell from grace during this time period, which means there are bound to be similar tactics put in place, but also different strategies to try and improve on societies and nation’s failures. In the textbook, Worlds Together Worlds Apart, there are multiple instances of two societies from completely different regions enacting similar methods of societal control,…

The Assyrian and Persian Empires were two of the earliest major empires in the world. The Assyrians were powerful from about 900 to 700 B.C. The Persian Empire came afterward, gaining power around 550 B.C. Both empires were monarchies located in the Middles East, but there were very significant differences between these preeminent empires. First off all, both of these empires had very distinct ways of governing their empire. The Assyrians had an autocratic and centralized system of government.…

People tend to think that cultural history just refers to traditions, art, and human achievements, but cultural history is well more defined than those three categories. The Great Cat Massacre by Robert Darnton provides an effective job defining culture history by revealing how men and women of France and peasants, such as: artisans, philosophers, and peasants think in the eighteenth century. He expose the mindset of of those people to contribute to the world, give meaning through…

Advanced Cities is about how cities have grew and became more advanced over time. As ancient Egypt grew so did trade, Queen Hatshepsut made Egypt richer through trade by trading with nearby countries. The Egyptians traded a lot to a land called Punt. Ancient Egyptians began to build houses using bricks made out of mud mixed with chopped straws. Usually richer and wealthier Egyptians slept on mats and had bigger houses with courtyards for shade, meanwhile poorer Egyptians often slept and ate on…

Denis Twitchett, Michael LoeweDuring the time period 3500 B.C.E. – 200 C.E. a complex metropolitan web developed in East Asia. It was centered on the banks of the Huang He, where the Chinese civilization formed and developed its classic form. Interactions with other human societies on the web were initially limited, but several major inventions led to the establishment of a firm route, through which ideas, technological inventions and various goods were exchanged. Many of these inventions were…

There are many different cultures and traditions that people follow across the world that justifies them as being different from others. Culture is the beliefs and customs of a certain group or community and tradition is the way a certain group or community do or think about something. Culture can be broken down to 5 characteristics, culture can be learned, meaning you are not born with culture, but you can be taught by family, friends, or institutions that follow that particular culture.…

The civilization Mesopotamia lies between lies between the two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, of West Asia. The weather there is sometimes hot and dusty, like a desert, but other times, there would massive floods taking over the area. Organizations such as the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, had ways of living to control the environment they were in. The Sumerians, out of all groups, were the most successful. Of 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, they built various city-states. They…

of the Western Hemisphere resembled that of other civilizations. However, they were not as technologically advanced as others, although, they did build roads for long distance trade, they never invented the wheel to capitalize on their trading. According to some sociologist “the Americas were not blessed by nature.” Sociologist Jared Diamond points out that the Americas did not have many large animals that could be domesticated…

Savage Development In the book, Lord of the Flies, the author William Golding offered a different perspective of what savagery and civilization is in children’s lives when they become captive in an island. The children started as a society but started to become savages as their inner evils, fears and fight for survival became imminent. The book started narrating the story in third person which helped the readers identified the personality of each one of the characters being captive; it was…

This new research led to the publishing of his second book, Researches into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization (1865). After many more years of study and research Tylor would publish, Primitive Culture (1871), his most important book to be published. Primitive Culture (1871) would be a tremendous addition to the study of human civilization and would create an obsession over “Mr. Tylor’s science” (Pals 16), anthropology, the scientific study of mankind. Tylor was…