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One Person, Two Ideas What do you consider great? Some people would say, Heinrich Schliemann, the archaeologist, when others disagree. Schliemann was an archaeologist who after reading The Iliad and The Odyssey, was on a mission to find the city described in the stories. He had discovered in 1873 evidence of an ancient city and a collection of gold jewelry.…
1. Agricultural Revolution- The Agricultural Revolution began around 8500 BCE and lasted till around 3500 BCE. We know today that the hunter/gatherer societies eventually settled down.…
Early civilizations, formed and shaped by their rulers and people, rely on their roots. Geography, people, agriculture, and religion all had an effect on the culture of early groups. Language, derived from thousands of years of oral evolvement, distinguishes the people all over the world to this day. This wide variety of components formed two of the early civilizations, Rome and China. However, specific impacts, religion, formed from respect for a supernatural, immortal deity, and religious ideology, the process of basing religion off of politics, left colossal influences on culture.…
Archaeologists have investigated several significant evidences of the origins of ancient civilizations for the areas we call old world and new world. For the word of “old world,” it is meant the civilization around the near east, Mesopotamia and Egypt. On the other hand, the new world refers to the civilization of Mesoamerica, such as, Maya, Aztec, and Inca. Both civilizations might be characterized their societies into more complexity in early period. They captured similarities and differences of the development of societies.…
The copious amount of parallels that are able to be drawn between early civilizations are striking. There are so many similarities, that the more eccentric historians have even hypothesized the involvement of extraterrestrial beings. However, it is not aliens, it is merely just that all beginning societies require the same things in order to initially prosper. This concept is exemplified by the Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Chinese and Indian civilizations as well as the Olmec and Mayan people.…
The way a civilization ran can tell us a lot about where we came from. Examining how China and Africa were thousands of years ago reveals incite onto why those regions perform various tasks and customs. For example, the ridged government style in early Chinese dynasties has left an imprint on the people of china today and explains their strict and obedient behavior and high expectations. Cities and States in China, located in East Asia, and West Africa had many similarities and differences in political and social aspects. Early Chinese dynasties differed politically from early Africa in the hierarchy structure.…
I noticed that pottery was made by every tribe in all the regions, but it was dominated by Southwest. Thousands years ago, people used clay to create everyday objects for household use, also for rites and ceremonies. Because it took a long time to make, pottery became outdated for many tribes, after the European introduced metal containers. Fortunately, with the support of the tourist trade and collectors, potters like Nampeyo (1860-1942), Maria Martinez (1887-1980), and Marie Zieu Chino (1907-1982) developed their traditional pottery to become world famous artists. Therefore, nowadays, pottery is not only a product for daily use, but also a cultural tradition.…
Taylor Eyles World Civilizations I-1 Dr. Reid S.Weber Ancient Cultures Comparison Every idea has a beginning and every beginning can expand into something greater. Thoughts and ideas were started by ancient civilizations. These ancient civilizations are the base of all modern knowledge.…
The Paleolithic and Neolithic eras mark the beginnings of art, agriculture, and “civilized” society in humans. The Paleolithic era made up the first part of the Stone Age and lasted over two million years, and came to an end after the end of the last Ice Age. The humans living during this time lived primarily as hunter-gatherers and depended on the land for all resources. In a time prior to practices such as farming and domestication, the societies of this time lived off a combination of wild game and plants gathered from the forests.…
Americans Indians always questioned archaeological investigation because of their cultural values. On the other hand, archaeologists, moved by professional goals, regard skeletal remains and cultural items as educational tools (Peterson:116). However, it is essential for archeologists to consider ethical and cultural issues when doing research. There must be inclusivity and collaboration with the indigenous community during the process.…
The first part of the book deals with Ebla and the Early Dynastic (ED) period in Mesopotamia. At this time period they saw the first empires in the ancient Near East, and Ebla was usefully founded between coastal Syria and northern Mesopotamian cities. Exploiting on this location, rulers of Ebla created pacts with neighboring towns and placed tariffs on goods arriving to the city. Many of the extravagant goods were meant for the royal household; Podany describes the contents and effects of a discreet letter written to the king of Ebla by the king of Hamazi, discussing the exchange of royal gifts. Podany displays a profound familiarity with military skirmishes and the difference between a promise kept by a defeated enemy and a treaty signed…
I am writing about Mawangdui which is an archaeological site in Changsha, China. Mawangdui is from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) period. This site is important because the Chinese found a body which was still intact from thousands of years ago. Mawangdui has helped the Chinese learn more about their culture. This site has had a huge impact on the Chinese society.…
During the 18th dynasty, Egypt experienced a radical shift in religion, politics, and art under the reign of the pharaoh Akhenaten. While his rule only lasted from the early 1350’s BCE to around 1334 BCE, Akhenaten is well known for abandoning the polytheism in favor of worship of Aten, a deity represented as a solar disk. He is therefore credited for introducing a quasi-monotheistic system in Egypt, although many argue that Akhenaten acknowledged all gods but only actively worshipped Aten. This would classify the religious system of the time period as a monolatry. The rule of Akhenaten and contemporary artistic style is now known as the Amarna period, named after the location to which the king and queen relocated their royal residence.…
Exploring the Metropolitan Museum's sections on India, China, Pre-Columbian Americas, Africa and Islamic art I was able to visually dissect these cultures and gain insight about their similarities and differences. These cultures excelled in different aspects of the arts and the making of artifacts. The used of a wide variety of materials allowed for a unique specialization and craftsmanship in certain materials like copper, clay and stone that distinguished these cultures from each other. Each of these civilizations marked an important time period in history due to their artistic, intellectual and political contributions. Most of these contributions have inspired many of our current technological advances in different aspects of society.…
Archaeology is a branch of anthropology which is rebuilds the daily life of people who lived in the past to explain the changing of the culture, and the gender behaviours, roles and attitudes in our culture. Gender archaeology is looking for evidence of gender roles and gender relations to help us understand the values and the relations between the genders in our society and what did each gender do in the past society, and how the society seeing women and men. Gender relations and roles, in all the societies every gender has different duties. Females were the primary caregivers of children in all species of primates. Women’s always working with the children carrying them, playing with them and she performing the household task like cooking and…