The Return of Civilization—and of Arnold Toynbee?
... form of D. C. Somervell’s skilful and highly successful two-volume abridgement of A Study of History (1947), rather than the full twelve volumes. Does the return—if such it is—of an interest in civilization suggest that people are more likely now to be sympathetic to Toynbee’s work, which was basica ...
... form of D. C. Somervell’s skilful and highly successful two-volume abridgement of A Study of History (1947), rather than the full twelve volumes. Does the return—if such it is—of an interest in civilization suggest that people are more likely now to be sympathetic to Toynbee’s work, which was basica ...
Editor`s Introduction: Civilization (Critical Concepts in
... gives rise to ever-increasing speculation and rhetoric about struggles ‘for civilization’ or a possible ‘clash of civilizations’, particularly between the West and the Islamic world.11 As this heated rhetoric suggests, the term civilization is used to both describe and cast value laden judgements ab ...
... gives rise to ever-increasing speculation and rhetoric about struggles ‘for civilization’ or a possible ‘clash of civilizations’, particularly between the West and the Islamic world.11 As this heated rhetoric suggests, the term civilization is used to both describe and cast value laden judgements ab ...
First Civilizations: Cities, States, and Unequal Societies
... other kinds of societies D. This book continues to use the term because: 1. it is so deeply embedded in our way of thinking about the world 2. no alternative concept has achieved widespread usage 3. we need to make distinctions among different kinds of human communities E. But in using this term, we ...
... other kinds of societies D. This book continues to use the term because: 1. it is so deeply embedded in our way of thinking about the world 2. no alternative concept has achieved widespread usage 3. we need to make distinctions among different kinds of human communities E. But in using this term, we ...
New research challenges two prevailing theories on how
... Constructions at Ceibal, Guatemala, and the Origins of Lowland Maya Civilization," by T. There is no denying the striking similarities between Inomata et al. Science, 2013. Ceibal and La Venta, such as evidence of similar ritual practices and the presence of similar architecture – namely the pyramid ...
... Constructions at Ceibal, Guatemala, and the Origins of Lowland Maya Civilization," by T. There is no denying the striking similarities between Inomata et al. Science, 2013. Ceibal and La Venta, such as evidence of similar ritual practices and the presence of similar architecture – namely the pyramid ...
6th grade Student Learning Map World Cultures: Chapter 1 Early
... World Cultures: Chapter 1 Early Civilizations Key Learning: ...
... World Cultures: Chapter 1 Early Civilizations Key Learning: ...
Reader 1 - Development of Civilizations
... Scientists called anthropologists have studied anthropology, or the study of humankind, for many years. Archeologists are specially trained scientists who work like detectives to uncover the story of prehistoric peoples. They sift through dirt and rock to uncover and analyze any existing evidence su ...
... Scientists called anthropologists have studied anthropology, or the study of humankind, for many years. Archeologists are specially trained scientists who work like detectives to uncover the story of prehistoric peoples. They sift through dirt and rock to uncover and analyze any existing evidence su ...
Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
The cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact is the corpus of changes to terrestrial science, technology, religion, politics, and ecosystems resulting from contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. Although closely related to it, the study of the cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact is distinct from the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), which attempts to locate intelligent life as opposed to analyzing the implications of contact with that life.The potential changes from extraterrestrial contact could vary greatly in magnitude and type, based on the extraterrestrial civilization's level of technological advancement, degree of benevolence or malevolence, and level of mutual comprehension between itself and humanity. The medium through which humanity is contacted, be it electromagnetic radiation, direct physical interaction, extraterrestrial artefact, or otherwise, may also influence the results of contact. Incorporating these factors, various systems have been created to assess the implications of extraterrestrial contact.The implications of extraterrestrial contact, particularly with a technologically superior civilization, have often been likened to the meeting of two vastly different human cultures on Earth, an historical precedent being the Columbian Exchange. Such meetings have generally led to the destruction of the civilization receiving contact (as opposed to the ""contactor"", which initiates contact), and therefore destruction of human civilization is a possible outcome. However, the absence of any such contact to date means such conjecture is largely speculative.