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    Mayan Civilizations

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    Many ancient civilizations had noteworthy accomplishments, specifically in Mesoamerica three civilizations had many great feats in the time of which they prospered. These imposing civilizations were the Mayans, who were cultured with advancements in mathematics and sciences. The Aztec who had a detailed understanding of the trade. And lastly the Incas who developed vast road and irrigation channels that connected their empire. The Mayan civilization had a highly advanced society which made substantial

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    Cahokia Civilization

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    over thousands of people. Both planted corn but the Anasazi planted the three sister crops together while the people of Cahokia main crop was corn. Both societies had taken notice of the ancient supernova of 1054. This let scientist know that both civilization inhabited around such period. Also, showed

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    In Civilization and Barbarism: the dangerous classes, they talk about the slaughterhouses and what goes on in them as well as the people who run it. They are horrible people who take pride in what they do. They slaughter animals and take to heart what their leader tells them. They are forced to wear a symbol to recognize who is their boss and who they belong to. They may run the plant but someone also runs them. They consider themselves free but not the type of free we have in our minds. They are

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    There are six characteristics a culture or a nation has to have to be classified as civilized. This multitude of people will need to have cities, religion, government, social structure, written communication, and things for trade. The Sumerians fulfilled all the characteristics needed to be labeled as civilized societies. By 5,000 B.C.E, Early Sumerians constructed their homes of weeds and natural materials because they settled in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. In a town called Sumer.

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    Civilization Vs Savagery

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    happening, but it does fall under the category of savagery because no one who is sane would even think about doing this. Things like that don’t occur too often: even shown in the book Lord of the Flies, Golding reveals the growing tension between civilization and savagery which is how society today is, there are the good and the bad. In the book Golding writes “he took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach” (Golding) This reveals a difference between the savages

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    Civilizations in the ancient near east began to form with communities having order, and the process was based on developing organized activities. To understand the process of the development of civilization is important as the first civilizations led to our world today and some influences from this process are still present. Communities first developed agriculture and had food surplus, and then there were specialized labor, then the early governments were formed, these are all key in the development

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    regards to one of some of the most important contemporaneous IR debates, tThe clash of Civilizations. The answer that this thesis provides

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    The Mayan Civilization: For many centuries the Mayan was of life was a mystery to archaeologists. Their geography, social structure, government, economy/trade, technology, writing, and arts were all thought to be forever lost. Now, as archaeologists are still uncovering more information, what was once referred to as “The Lost Civilization of Maya”, has been awakened from the grave of unknown. Geography: The ancient Mayan Civilization surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean stretched

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    There were many issues and values stressed in Classical civilizations. The main two that were focused on were expansion and integration. In all of the Classical civilizations, leaders wanted more land to increase the amount of power, crops, and innovation they could have. Another issue they stressed was integration. Social integration was stressed in order to create gender relationships and social hierarchies, while territorial integration was stressed in order to guarantee their leader had power

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    shown in the early civilizations of Mesopotamia are still evident in today’s world because without these basic standards set by the people of Mesopotamia, civilization could never have grown or had a reference point for the basic building blocks of society. Mesopotamia was able to grow through the development of technology, trade, stable political and military systems, and a class system that contributed to society . Mesopotamia’s way of life influenced many other civilizations such as the ones in

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