World Civilizations

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WORLD CIVILIZATION

Introduction

A wide development of human culture had its major influence from the ancient Mediterranean civilization (Connolly

Dodge H .1998 Through the ancient times to the middle ages , pronounced historical changes has occurred necessitating positive changes in human civilization . This is attributable to various favorable conditions provided by the Mediterranean climate and the physical facilities that it provides (Connolly

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The Mediterranean provides great link between three continents favorable

climate , influence of ancient civilization of Mesopotamia India and China , good communication roots provided by maritime routes and the invention of writing as some of the factors that have facilitated civilization in this area (Connolly

Dodge H .1998 .This discussion would therefore focus on the issue related to influence made by Mediterranean civilization upon the Greeks , Romans and the birth of Christian Europe (Connolly

Dodge H .1998 .Greece and Rome formed the major classical Mediterranean civilization . In addition China and India become part of the same (Connolly

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Classical Mediterranean civilization had outstanding features . Firstly they were all empires with clear social stratification and secondly they were agriculture-based depending on it from major provision (Connolly

Dodge H .1998 .They were also involved in trade . One outstanding difference was brought about by religion . They held a legacy of devout loyalty to the ruling authority and they engaged an election of rulers rather than imposed deities (Connolly

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The foundation of today 's Greece was a collection of several independent city states that was weakly under control of Athens , Sparta , Thebes Macedonia or Mycenae (Connolly

Dodge H .1998 .Athens attained powers during the classical period through the efforts of its generals that repelled Persian inversion of 490-480BCE (Connolly

Dodge H .1998 Pericles also provided the leadership in building grand monuments on the Acopolis in Athens (Connolly

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During the classical period , the great Athenian dramatists , Aescliylus Sophocles , Euripides and Aristophanes came up with a master piece that remains outstanding today . The much needed ideas and thoughts were provided by the great thinkers of the time namely Aristotle , Pilato and Socrates (Connolly

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The great religious centres such as Olympia and Delphi emerged from the fallen lost civilization which gave a lot of inspirations to the Homeric epics and tales of later legends (Connolly

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Out of the developed Greece surroundings , came settlers who were later sent to colonize southern Italy and Sicily , ancient Magna , Graecia and to the east the current Turkey (Connolly

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Greek humanism can be identified by certain outstanding philosophies that they held . Firstly , it was materialistic in that it sought an understanding for events in the natural world , the metaphysical philosophy (Connolly

Dodge H .1998 .It gave a lot of value to free enquiry in an attempt to open up new avenues for speculations and proof and finally it valued...