Ancient Greeks made many influential contributions to Western civilization such as fine arts‚ democracy‚ and philosophy. This culture has had a very profound impact on the way people live today. Among the many aspects of Greek culture that have influenced Western Civilization‚ the most notable would be philosophy. Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ and Plato are some of the most well known philosophers ever. They encouraged learning and logical reasoning. Socrates urged his students to question and critically
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In the 3‚000 years that make up the ancient history of the emergence of Western Civilization‚ Rome’s contributions to society include the construction of bridges‚ domes‚ and temples. The Romans had great architecture skills that have stayed with us in one form or another for thousands of years. Each construction has evolved into many different forms that are found all over the world today. Each country or civilization uses the items differently‚ but without the help from the Romans and Greeks transportation
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The Renaissance and its Impact on Modern Society Scholarly Paper 000000 Western Civilization I Professor Dr. Katherine Nelson-Born April 1‚ 2003 The Renaissance 1 Abstract The Renaissance is a term that means rebirth. The renaissance marked a renewed interest in many things such as the arts but also brought about change in the areas of class structure; trade; invention and science. These changes have influenced nearly every social class and industrialized society in the modern world
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Most people do not know which ancient civilization had the greatest impact on subsequent human history. The one’s who do know‚ they either chose Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ Persia‚ India‚ China or Greece.They all had an impact but only one had the greatest impact. I believe the Persian Civilization had the greatest impact on human history because of their architecture‚ culture and they were also the first civilization empire. First‚ the Persian architecture was a lot different which influence other places
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Development of Society In the beginning of our course of study‚ around the Iron Age‚ agrarian village societies began to emerge throughout Europe. Although they left few examples of what they looked like‚ they did leave evidence that their culture valued war‚ and was strongly oriented toward horses. Centuries later‚ when Rome had already conquered most of Europe west of the Rhine‚ the Roman Empire absorbed the Iron Age agrarian village cultures and began introducing them to Roman influences: language
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Western Civilization-Antigone Paper In the book Antigone by Sophocles the author portrays an image of how society was back in classical Greece. This book gives us a idea of what a woman’s order was in society‚ family life‚ death rituals‚ politics and religion. In Athens the king ruled over the land and its people. If any of his people questioned his leadership‚ they would be sentenced to death especially a woman such as Antigone. The book seems to show that men rule and women are ruled
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The Renaissance era was a time period of new experiences and advancements. It caused society to become more artistic‚ intelligent‚ and had economical and population growth. During this time period‚ many artists created new forms of painting and writing. Books started to become easier to read. As the books became easier‚ the more money was spent causing economical growth. Due to the Black Death‚ the economy found new artistic ways to thrive. The Black Death killed over twenty-five million people
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inventing competitive athletics‚ drama‚ democracy‚ oratory‚ rhetoric‚ biology‚ zoology‚ and the atomic theory. Several ancient Greek concepts have since been applied in civilizations throughout much of Western history. Greek principles in literature and drama‚ as well as those in art and government‚ are thus said to have had a continuing impact on people in countless phases of history. Certain themes in literature and drama originated from Greek authors and are believed to have influenced much of the
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life. These raids are presumed to have interrupted the work on the Book of Kells. Later Gospel books aren’t as intricately illuminated. In the early Viking period‚ periodic raids on the rich monasteries of Ireland and England and on the north-western coasts of Europe including the raid on England’s Christian monastatic community of Lindisfarne Island in 793‚ the reign of Viking fear began. Viking craftsmen were excellent at woodwork and metalwork‚ jewelry from silver‚ gold and bronze‚ and weapons
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future professional life. This year‚ thanks to the "Ichec housing project" we had the opportunity to gain experience on this subject. The topic of this essay is to explain the cultural differences that can exist between the Indian society and the Western society. In order to do that we will first make a theoretical analysis aiming to put in evidence the way those two societies are structured. We will also explain the differences that we can find between them. Then‚ we will analyze what was the result
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