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    As Mark Twain once said, “Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.” The society believes that civilization is the solution to disorder and chaos, but sometimes it creates more problems than solutions. To the imperial Europeans, turning the natives into civilized human beings was the main goal, and that is why they felt as if it was their job to take over the natives’ lands. In general, civilization is seen as a solution to a utopian realm. William Shakespeare in The

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    Paper 2: Migrations and Pasturalists Analyze the impact that migrations of pastoral peoples had on the development of civilization from the Second Wave civilizations to those of the Middle Ages. It is called migration all population displacements that occurs from a place of origin to another destination and brings a change of habitual residence in the case of people .The history refers to the great cultural movements, economic geographical and political that led to massive displacements of the

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    In Roman terms the word barbarian had a basic meaning, they didn't speak their language, didn’t live in cities and were agriculturalists. They were the opposites of the Roman Empire was. The first example of the Barbarian group was the Goths. The Goths and Romans were always at peace for centuries. So at peace in fact that the Goths were paid to protect the Empire borders. It all changed when the West decided to stop paying the Goths. Making the Goths extremely poor and resulted in a revolt by the

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    Roman Barbarians

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    treatment towards the conquered people outrule the good that they've shown. The actions that the tribes took were of absolute inhuman characteristics, and they now fall under the title of barbarians despite the few instances of human morality. From the book named "Romans and

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    for the Barbarians did an excellent job of masking the exact time frame that it took place in. Despite this, some details, for example, types of weapons demonstrate the fact that it takes place in roughly modern times, at the very least, post-industrial revolution. Despite this, the conflicts that occur in the book seem to be reminiscent of certain commonalities throughout history. The corrupt Imperial Official who came to the town in order to find information about the rumored barbarian attack is

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    Beer and wine might have been one of the first drinks that caused humans to civilize and create a great community. In fact Tom Standage introduces us to this idea of these early drinks shaping human culture in his book A History of a World in Six Glasses. As Standage informs us about how beer was one of the causes in early settlement, and why farming was led to a great success because of the use of beer. Standage also mentions a start in traditions and a formation of government due to these drinks

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    Although they have very clearly displayed themselves as savage barbarians the decent to that level the decent isn’t complete. Even after they have brutally killed the pig they still show that they aren’t completely conformable with the situation. Jack proudly “cut the pig’s throat” however he “twitched as he said it.”

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    Lord of the Flies Essay “We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause” This was quoted by William James. When you think of the word ‘savage’ you think of a beast or perhaps barbarians. When has it come to the point that savages aren’t defined as crazy animals anymore but humans can fit that category too? Savagery is something that dwells in all of us and it is an insidious beast. In a human, a battle is fought between human impulse

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    The conflict between Ralph and Jack shows how lack of civilization can result to savagery. Ralph states, “We need shelters” contrasting to Jack who says, “We need meat” (Golding, p.42). The lack of civilization in Jack shows because he thinks hunting is more important than shelters although he has yet to catch a pig, while on the other hand Ralph thinks it’s more important to build shelter for a sense of home and protection from the rain and the beastie that all the littluns are afraid of. “Let him

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    Saki, in The Interlopers, says that our animalistic human nature traps us in blindness, but when we’re raised in a kind civilization, we choose to use friendship as a freedom from our inner violence. Humans as a whole, have an animalistic nature to them. Saki starts the story with one of the main character going on a hunt. Saki states, “[A] man stood one winter night watching and listening, as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision, and, later, of his

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