Neolithic

and nature worship. The people involved in Wicca see themselves as a religion of pre-Christian traditions of Northern and Western Europe. The origins of the ancient Wicca were formed by a religion that started back in the mist of the Neolithic history. Neolithic was a fertility and agrarian society and this is why the religion is based on nature worship. The nature worship came from the practice of the Celtic clans of…

One of China’s first and most important cultures, is the Zhou Dynasty that lasted for almost a century from around 1122 BCE to 256 BCE -in the Neolithic era- succeeding the Shang Dynsaty. Although marked by periods of territorial strength and weakness, it was also a phase of flourishing literary works. The Book of Lord Shang, dating from 338 BCE is undoubtedly one of them. This collection of the works of Lord Shang, composed of approximately 25 sections of which some are lost, have been compiled…

As I went to bid farewell to my parents they asked me, “What is your plan?” To which I responded, “I don’t have a plan, I am just going to work things out.” They tried to persuade me that I shouldn’t leave, but I was adamant that I needed to start a new chapter in my life. “Why do you want to go backwards?” was a question they both asked me, and one I couldn’t answer. I had already made up my mind. By choice I left behind a life of comfort with only a backpack and a suitcase. It was…

To be religious is to be spiritual. A sacred space is designated by the people as a holy place or even a burial ground. These places have some similarities and some differences. In this essay I will describe each location, similarities and differences each one has. Despite any religion or deity each place signifies a specific time in history where God was reverenced. In 100 B.C., the pyramid of the sun was created in Teotihucan, Mexico. Teotihucan means “place where the Gods where born.” The…

Religion was a paramount factor in forming the basis of China's cultural identity through the cohesive worship of Taoism and Buddhism deities, the devout veneration of ancestors, and the consistent performance of religious sacrifices and ceremonies. Ancient China was a multi-religion society, Taoism and Buddhism had always been its two most influential beliefs. The religious outlook of most Chinese people consisted of combination of beliefs and practices from these two traditions and so they…

History of the Swastika The swastika has an ample history. It is a primordial symbol in the form of a hooked cross. The arms of the cross are of equivalent extent with a branch projecting from the end of each branch, always in the same direction. In the early days, the inclination of the swastika was interchangeable as can be seen on silk patterns from ancient China. The clockwise variant of the swastika is related to death and hate and the counterclockwise version has the original connotation -…

population of 11,666,000. History of Niger: Thousands of years ago, Niger had wet and favorable conditions for agriculture and livestock herding in a fertile grassland environment. According to archaeological findings and rock engravings from the Neolithic/New Stone Age period (from around 10,000BC), it was found that earliest ancestors used to hunt wildlife across the plains. Later on around 2500BC, the land became drier as a result the Sahara encroached. By the middle ages, Niger became an…

Great Britain is comprised of England, Scotland and Wales. It has a long history, which is evident in prehistoric sites such as Neolithic Stonehenge and medieval castles like Warwick, Dover and Caernarfon. Roman ruins include Hadrian’s Wall, which once divided Roman Britain from the northern Scottish Lowlands. Great Britain has a very long history of being a world power when it comes…

Just Wait Albert Einstein once said, “I never think of the future. It comes fast enough.” There is a profuse amount of wisdom in Einstein’s words. However, majority of people refuse to live in the present and instead think only of the future. As young children, most people dreamt of growing up. That same longing to be older and have more privileges often does not go away and is existent well into adulthood. Sixty-five percent of teens under the age of 18 admit that they have had at least one…

proposed that the origins of the Minoans could have been Cycladic, Balkan, Anatolian or Middle Eastern. This period, wherein the Minoan civilization had suddenly appeared, has been described by scholars as EM, or Early Minoan, and occured during the Neolithic period. In more recent studies the idea of a single point in time when a group of people migrated to Crete to form the Minoan civilization has been called into question. For example, the colonization of less accessible land on parts of…