Social Impact Of The Bronze Ages

The rapid growth of the economy in the United States the Gilded Age generated a lot of wealth. The growth of the railroads, telegraph and later telephone lines stretching across the country created new opportunities for entrepreneurs and the people looking for work; and gave cheaper goods to consumers.

The culture of a society, as determined by its political, social and religious structure, is a major factor in the development of its technology. Even societies that exist in the same time and environment can progress in different directions, depending on the interests and goals of the public. The ancient city-states or poleis (polis-sing.) of Athens and Sparta provide an excellent example of how cultural differences influence the development of technologies.

Chinese practice found technological advances to be a huge success when it came to growth of the country. Legendary rulers of china were the ones credited with the development of large technologies. One example includes the introduction of bronze tools. They were used to clear forest and harvest agricultural products. About a thousand years later, iron was invented. Iron proved to be a better form of metal to work

New technology in the Neolithic Revolution had an immense impact. Life in the New Stone Age mainly depended on agriculture, which led to the invention of the plow and fertilizers, making jobs in plant cultivation more efficient. Furthermore, around 5000 B.C wheels were invented, making transportation much faster and easier than before. Weapons were also improved; in the Paleolithic Era their arms were made of wood and stone, but in the Neolithic Revolution man started making their weapons out of stone. This enhanced weaponry helped people protect their villages’ valuable resources. (Documents #4 & 6)

A huge factor in a civilizations success was their technology. Many technological discoveries made in these cultures are still used today. These include the wheel, knowledge of horse, domestication, farming, pottery, sail boats, maps and

The Han and Roman worlds were two of the largest and most complex early empires composed of different cultures, political systems, languages, beliefs, and ways of living. However, they had a few similarities; one of which is the introduction of various technologies during the first and second millennium. The Han in China and Romans in the Mediterranean experienced a time period of expansion in which they began to develop technology such as metallurgy and water systems to aid in military conquests and practical purposes. Although both Han and Roman had definite appreciation towards technology, the Han attitude towards technology was more glorifying in its effectiveness and utility; while the roman attitude was less glorifying as they focused on technology to display their civilizations advancements, while they neglected to glorify those who worked with tools. Han’s attitude towards technology was appreciative, glorified technology when its is supported by the government, and believed technology is essential for the empire. The Roman attitude includes inferiority of tools, aestheticism as main use of technology, and less glorification and importance on technology.

Trade encouraged the influx in prosperity and trade in China. In other words, trade was major aspect of the early Chinese society as it made up majority of Chinese economy. For example, the Silk Road located in China enabled for trade to happen from Asia to Europe. As stated by the National Geographic, “The Silk Road allowed for trade goods such as silk, cloth and clothing, as well as spices to spread from China to India, Arabia, Persia, Egypt, and extended all the way to Europe.” This Silk Road not only increased the trades occurring in the Ancient World but it also allow Chinese products to permeate throughout. This trade in China and its connection to the silk road also encourage means of cultural diffusion. “Trade goods produced in China were cloth and clothing, spices, and silk” as stated by National Geographic. This demonstrates

Camels were now being used to help open trade routes across Afro-Eurasia. Both one-hump and two-hump both are able to to survive long journeys thanks to the fat stored in them. Boats also had some new improvement to help the progress of new technologies. Boats were once designed for limited transport for only rivers, lakes, and along shorelines. With the improvement in the mast, rigging, and better harness of wind power, boats were allowed to now venture across large bodies of water like the Mediterranean Sea. Metalworking had also begun to improve, instead of bronze many people were using harder iron instead. This time was commonly known as the iron age because of how important and widely used the metal was becoming to be. Although before all the technology advancements, iron was really hard to make because of the extraction of the ore, but thanks to the innovation of smelting and harden iron it suddenly started replaces bronze. Iron started to help farmers cultivate crops and farm. Weeds, soil, and sod was no longer a difficult task to break up for fertilization. Societies on a big scale were now able to advance and help their support their

How we went from stone, to bronze,and to steel. From rocks tied to sticks into missiles that can level an entire continent. Change can be good or bad but it's up to people to make the decision on what to do because each decision made can either be detrimental or beneficial for

The Medieval Machine by Jean Gimpel, shows information about the technological accomplishments of the middle Ages. The basic idea is that during the two centuries from around 1050 Western Europe went through a kind of industrial revolution that was just as important as of the nineteenth century’s.

Great post! I agree with you that first of all the Greek language and its culture influenced on the far far away soils beside its other features, such as architecture, economy, politics, and military. Europe, Africa and Asia were exposed with the Greek influence because of social and cultural interactions. As you said, coins or coinage system were the significant historical evidences to show us the changes during the Hellenistic period. Coins showed us the rulers not the gods or goddesses anymore that the rulers were significant and influential. I also agree with your expression that is Coins could serve as an important tool for spreading information/influence by the rulers. In this manner, Omar Coloru states that “coinage has always

‘While hoards can fulfil a variety of functions, the main one appears to be prestige’. (Taylor 1993:102)

Latium was taken from a Latin word “latus, meaning “wide” or “flat land” located in the south of Rome (Rome Travels, 2015). Historically, Latium was populated by Etruscans, who exercised a strong cultural and political influence in the early Bronze Age. To defend itself from the Etruscan expansion, a coalition of city-states was formed, called the “Latin League”.

During the Middle Ages, the south-east of England - in particular the triangular area with focal points in London, Oxford, and Cambridge - became a region of special social and economic influence. Social change always has a linguistic sequel. It was inevitable that the speech of those south-easterners in routine contact with the worlds of courtly culture, commerce, and learning would increase in prestige, and begin to be evaluated as a more polished, elegant, and altogether more desirable medium of communication than the varieties available elsewhere. The stage was set for the emergence of a standard language. The linguistic climate of a community changes as a standard language grows. When one dialect achieves a special social position, associated

Trade history originated among the prehistoric people who were spread over Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, Australia, Europe and South America, for thousands of years. But the evolutionary trade period was during the Ancient period by a high level of complexity in stonework, weaving, tool, and with a great consideration to color, image, structure, and artistic template in peace making and costume, and to the polarity of a stone tool, the balance of a grinding stone wheel. During the Neolithic age, detailed drilling, symmetrical cutting, and polishing of rare stone increased, in the trade of exotic and rare goods such as pearl, lapis-lazuli, jade, sapphire, carved ivory, gold and silver jewelry, furs, herbs, and