Rise and Fall of Civilizations

So many of the people at that time would travel two the Middle East, East Africa and in Southeast Asia through the use of monsoons which would happen frequently in the Indian subcontinent. The vast subcontinent begins to see the emergence of different states and as we also begin to see the emergence of different religions such as Brahmin Jainism and Hinduism. In the Indus River Valley we begin to see that the city-state's are being formed into kingdoms and Empires. For example the kingdom of Magadha was one of the main reasons why Mauryan Empire was established is because Chandragupta maurya took control from the kingdom of Magadha. The Indus Valley Civilization end many of those who settled on the subcontinent of India flourished because climate and resources any world large populations of humans to be able to live on the subcontinent. All in all the Southeast Asian kingdoms of the Indian subcontinent were able to flourish because the land provided them with the right resources to be able to live and religions and cultural influences were synthesized and as a result the diversity of religion and culture were across the

One shall rise, and one shall fall. It’s a common cycle that’s been prevalent throughout history. It is also a cycle that the world has seen time and time again, the rise and fall of empires followed by the rise of new empires. A perfect analogy would be the cycle of birth, development and death. This process allows the human population to grow and progress. This works the same way for civilizations. When civilizations collapse, they open the door for newer and more modern civilizations to emerge. During the Late Bronze Age, several powerful eastern Mediterranean civilizations all came to a sudden and catastrophic end. A popular belief is the emergence of “Sea People”. However, Eric H. Cline, the author of “1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed”, believes a series of unfortunate events was the actual culprit. My critique of “1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed”will examine series of calamities that led to the collapse of the Late Bronze Age and how that affected a once stable international community that had been prospering for centuries.

All the way from the start of civilization through to the Early Christianity there has been a pantheon of; destruction, recognition, wars, cultural diffusion, religious breakthroughs, laws that have been established, kings and queens crowned and dethroned. The Mesopotamian Civilization it was the land between two rivers the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers that civilization first began.

The first civilizations, the foundations for future empires, were all founded and created between 3500 B.C.E. and 500 B.C.E. by groups of nomadic peoples who decided to settle in an area for certain group specific reasons. Some of the main states of the first civilization were Mesopotamia, Norte Chico, Egypt, Indus Valley, China, and Olmec. The second wave civilizations, built between 500 B.C.E. and 500 C.E., included the Persians, the Greeks, Romans, Chinese (Qin and Han), and India (Mauryan and Gupta). The first wave civilizations were sparked by the agricultural movement that led to the settlement of large groups of people in areas that became the cities and states that formed these first civilizations. The rise of civilization led to

The Neolithic Revolution was the major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming. This revolution changed people’s lives in several ways. It changed the way people lived because before the Neolithic Revolution they relied on hunting and gathering food. It also changed the way they settled, because of this revolution they were able to live in villages for a long time, unlike before; they had to relocate often because their food source would become scarce.  The way civilizations lived changed because of the Neolithic Revolution. A civilization is a form of culture that consists of cities, advanced technology, specialized workers, complex institutions, and record keeping. The early river valley civilizations; which developed in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, and China, had more similarities than differences. The river valley civilizations were similar when it came to their writing systems, inventions, and geography. However, they were also different when it came to writing systems and inventions.

Another important factor is the rivers allowed civilizations to have more trade routes, and get to places inland faster, as well as the sea. The societies could trade their resources for ones they didn’t have, which allowed their technology to grow and their populations to expand. Trade “brought in new goods and immigrants” which allowed for an increase of resources and technology. Many of the River Valley Civilizations traded with each other sharing their technology.

The civilizations of the Nile River valley, the Mesopotamia valley, and Indus Valley marked human progress toward fixed settlements and the development of a rich culture. These civilizations shared many characteristics that contributed to their success. What made these civilizations unique were the contributions that each one gave to the world. They contributed their own ideas and accomplishments in the areas of religion, science, and mathematics. These contributions defined each civilization and how they would be remembered, as well as, their importance to the world.

COLLAPSE by Jared Diamond attempts to answer the question, “What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates?”

cilvilizations and ancient cultures were able to be successful in their way of life. Ancient cultures in this case Mesopotamia and Egypt were sucessful in both their different and same unique ways, weather it'll be in term of their beliefs, way of life, or how the civilization were being govern, each have their own ways to sucess and are able to pass on that knowledge to the future generation. Ancient cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt are able to develop into sucessful civilization by their governors being able to create a laws for civilians to follow, geographic luck of how Fertile Creasant and Nile river help out each civilizations to survive and grows, and beliefs of how in order to be happy and successful with their way of life, each culture must keep their gods happy in many uniqe ways, which all these points were the reason why the Mesopotamia

Ancient Egypt and Ancient Middle East were located by the rivers and depended on them heavily. Ancient Middle East had a civilization, Mesopotamia, that was located between the Tigris and Euphrates river and they used it for many occupancies. “Built dams to hold back the flood waters and irrigation ditches to carry water” (Ellis and Esler 31). This civilization used the river to help with farming. The rivers would flood and it would destroy all their crops. Farming is a necessity in the early times. Farming would allow for the food to be

Great societies fail all around the world at anytime, is America in danger? How can we prevent our society from falling like others? Many past societies have fallen for various reasons, some reasons occur more than others and the three mains reasons that string through many of the societies are: political corruption, differing opinions in religion and excessive military spending. This information not only shows us information that caused powerful societies to fall but also shows what people right now can do to prevent the fail of societies today. The three main causes of the fall of great societies are political corruption, excessive military spending and differing opinions about religion.

Arnold Pacey published Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand Year History in the year 1991. Arnold Pacey was an associate lecturer at The Open University in Britain as well as an author to three additional books: Meaning in Technology, The Maze of Ingenuity, The Culture of Technology. He published all four of his books within a ten-year span. Arnold Pacey was trained as an engineer but is well known as a historian of technology because of the conclusions he drew of society and technology and their relationship. Society is defined as the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. Technology is defined as the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. Technology influences every aspect of our lives today, but we often forget that it profoundly affected the lives of past generations dating back to the beginning of civilization. Perhaps not to today’s extent, but the impact was still dramatic. New inventions or innovations produced more food, created new processes and tools, made life easier and made war more devastating. This course traces the evolution of technology and its impact on civilization from the creation of elementary tools up to today’s latest devices and even looks into future technologies.

Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus River Valley were all civilizations situated near rivers. In Mesopotamia, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers rose annually but were prone to flooding. In Egypt, on the other hand, the Nile River had predictable flooding and was and still is the longest river in the world. It was also easy to traverse due to southern wind patterns and northern currents. In the Indus Valley, people lived near the Indus River, hence the name. Also, they were isolated, surrounded by the Himalayas, just as Egypt was isolated, surrounded by deserts, mountains, seas, and cataracts. On the other hand, Mesopotamia was more open and vulnerable to invasion.

The Indus River Valley was a very peaceful civilization. There was little to no weapons found in the civilization. They faced so much time with no attacks they had no army. The reason the Indus River Valley could remain untouched because of its natural barrier. The Hindu Kush Mountains surrounded the civilization to the north and the rest was surrounded water. The rivers provided transportation out of the civilization and acted as a trade route for the people. Despite their communication with the outside world, the civilization remained peaceful because no civilization was going to climb mountains to conquer it. One civilization did cross the mountains. They were called the Aryans. The Aryans combined with the civilization presently there and created one huge civilization. The disadvantage of the location of the Indus River Valley Civilization was monsoons. Monsoons were strong seasonal winds that gave the civilization two seasons: the wet and the dry. The wet season was during the summer and it blows moist air eastward causing floods. The dry season was during the winter months and it blows dry air westward causing droughts. Although there was a disadvantage of living in the Indus River Valley Civilization, it was still a very peaceful civilization to live in.

Mesopotamia was a successful farming community early on. Utilizing the Tigris and Euphrates rivers this community was able to create a successful way of farming through the use of irrigation and drainage ditches (Duiker & Spielvogel, 2010). Once the use of irrigation became large scale and widely used it was possible to support a larger community base and thus encouraged expansion throughout the civilization.