Neolithic

There were specific periods/ages that were a distinct part of Ireland’s history such as the Mesolithic period, Neolithic period and the Viking age. In order to get to Ireland most people came through sea or through land if it was still connected. Thousands of years ago, the sea level wasn't so high as it is today so it was a lot easier to cross through different areas…

The Food of Civilization: Humanity, the Natural Order, and the Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh is widely known as an epic about early human civilization and what it means to be human. While these ideas are often researched and discussed in scholarly works, there is one aspect of civilization that is frequently overlooked: food. Food and it’s procuration are one of the three basic needs of a human—as we all known from mister Abraham Maslow and the various forms of Psychology 101 taken at…

Lauren Park NES 2522: Intoxicating Beverages Christopher Monroe Friday, November 17, 2017 Drunkenness as the Ultimate Sobriety Ding Xiang Warner and Wang Ji provide a discussion of the role of poetry in the late Sui and early Tange eras in the history of China with the help of Wang Ji’s poetry. They present Biography of Mr. Five Dippers and The Story of Drunkenville to show the comparable relationship between the experiences of being drunk and enlightened man’s perception of fundamental…

Egypt is a fascinating country with a rich history that goes back centuries. Not to mention, Egyptian Mythology is different from other mythologies because most mythologies derive with only a single god or a few gods, Egyptian Mythology is unique because there is no exclusive amount of gods. It also possesses neither a central belief nor a code to follow. This essay will connect Egyptian Mythology to all 8 thresholds and to the future, as well as tying in recurring ideas, symbols and figures.…

His Political Art that Influenced France During March of this year I was fortunate enough to get to go to Paris, France where I visited the Musée Du Louvre. There this was one of the paintings that caught my eye. At the time I was in Art History: Neolithic to Renaissance so I had not gotten to the importance of the painting. But I managed to spend much time just sitting and staring at the painting. Something about this massive painting was fascinating. From the cultural context surrounding this…

In the book A History of the World in Six Glasses, the author Tom Standage, travels through time along the history of six different beverages. He devotes each section to a specific drink and provides its background and origin, revealing how most all of them were first used for medicinal purposes before they were used recreationally. Along with this, Standage describes significant historic events of civilization, oppression, intellect, imperialism, and globalization, and boldly states that the…

so they could face any ritual that was being performed in front of them, they also usually had recessed niches or other building concepts so that their frontality would be seen as natural. Egyptian art is considered to be a major sponsor of late Neolithic art, and is probably the most recognized form of ancient art in the Mediterranean basin. The Egyptian civilization was mostly molded by its geography, it was secure by desert borders and sustained…

The book I chose for the APES reflective paper was In Defense of Food An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan. When I first saw the list I had spotted three books that I might be interested with they were the Sixth Extinction, The Soil Will Save Us, and In Defense of Food. I had thoughts of reading the Sixth Extinction as I had heard something of the same nature in the summary in eighth-grade science class. I honestly didn 't remember much of it, however, I kinda knew that the sixth extinction…

but also physical anthropology to support this claim. The third chapter goes on to discuss The birth of agriculture in America , here is where he analyzes the findings found in excavations. He introduces a man named Gordon Chile who discussed the neolithic revolution I the region. Then he goes on to suggest that from this theory three…

According to Zubaida (2003), the Middle East is situated in parts of Western Asia spreading from the eastern Mediterranean coastline of Turkey and Syria, through the leave to Iraq and Arabia, and toward the East through Iran to the Caspian, the Caucasus, and the Black Sea. Into Africa, it incorporates Egypt, and, by a few records, Arab North Africa. This zone involves mountains, deserts, rich fields watered by amazing streams, and seacoasts. Climatically, the Middle East ranges from the…