Olmec

World civilization Introduction Civilization is defined as the process in which societies or region reaches a certain stage in development. These developments take place in politics, economic, culture and arts. Different societies or regions get civilized in different ways. Civilization in most cases depends on the influence of others in terms of culture and economics leading to a shift of mode of operation of the societies. Civilization can be viewed to be a way of changing peoples…

created a similar system of communicating and documenting everything from their thoughts, social structures, feelings, to their ideas. The Egyptians documented their journeys through Hieroglyphics. Mesoamericans documented theirs through Zapotic, Olmec and Mayan scriptures. These scriptures weren’t random scribbles by any means. They were scriptures that were based on laws that governed said civilizations, along with the environments that surrounded them. The Hieroglyphic word for horizon is a…

Mayan Civilizations The Mayan civilization had great historical significance, it was one of the most advanced and innovative civilizations in our world 's history.they were a civilization that thrived for many years and during that time made progress in numerous areas “The Mayan ruins testify to a civilization which was more sophisticated than its contemporaries in the West. The Mayans are the 'Greeks of the New World, ' …They also reveal their advanced knowledge in mathematics, the biological…

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDIAN-EGYPTIAN-CHINESE CIVILIZATION Egypt, India (Indus River Valley, Harappa,Vedic, Janapada, Maurya), China (Shang dynasty) are past breaktough urbaneness that started off the civilizations. These civilizations appear to have developed in response to their environment and in reaction to their human need for survival and security. The first human civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley, and China all developed around rivers; as such they were called…

Mexico is a nation found in North America, sharing a northern border with the United States and a southern one with Belize and Guatemala. To the west lies the Pacific Ocean and to the east is the Gulf of Mexico. The country is part of the Northern and Western Hemispheres. As a federal republic, it is also officially known as the United Mexican States much like the United States of America. As a one of the largest nations in the world, Mexico is almost three times the size of Texas;…

Modern day people have a strange affinity for using aspects of ancient cultures as a basis for their cults, prophecies and as spiritual guides to the future. Perhaps the most memorable occurrence of this affinity was the infamous prophecy concerning the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, an idea created from belief that the world would end or change in some fashion once that year ended. Of all the actions generated by the aforementioned mentality, this prophecy was perhaps the most ridiculous considering…

The world has been conditioned to believe that early European societies were the only advanced and highly populated nations for centuries. No one ever really tried or cared to look into what was happening in the New World, and when people did start to care, much of the Western Hemisphere’s culture had been erased. It has only happened within the past couple of centuries that real, fundamental research has gone into what the New World was like before Europeans set foot on it. Despite what society…

Theory of Gases, it explains how gas molecules are entering the basketball through a tiny hole. By knowing these components we can personally understand the ending results of this experiment. Basketball can be dated back 500 years ago; when the Olmec people of ancient Mexico, Aztec, and the Mayans played it. Although it was the same game,…

INTRODUCTION “The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief’”(James Naismith). The world of sports revolved around football and baseball in the 1800’s. At the time, there was a long break between sports in the winter time. There was nothing to do because all the main sports were played outside. When it got cold outside, a new sport was in the making to keep students and athletes in shape. Basketball was…

there are children shovelling snow to make a little pocket money, while there are thousands of children at the Cote d’Ivoire forced into slavery and worked to death in the worst conditions to produce this delicious sweet. Cocoa was first used by the Olmec, it was so highly prized that the Aztecs later used cocoa as a currency instead of silver or gold. The Spanish were the first to develop a triangular trading system by bringing weapons to Africa, African slaves to America to work in cocoa…