Western influence

Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. His most well-known technique was fresco. He had a major influence on the development of western art. He also influenced many artists in the Renaissance. He was born in Caprese, Italy in the year of 1475. He considered Florence to be his home at heart. During the Renaissance Era, Florence was a center of art. Michelangelo saw that as an opportunity to develop his true talents. At 13, Michelangelo was an apprentice

Aristotle, a greek philosopher, educator, and scientist, is known to be one of the most significant, and influential thinkers in Western culture. Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. in Stagira, a little town in northern Greece. Stagira is a Greek-Speaking town on the coast of the peninsula of Chalcidice. His father, Nicomachus, was a doctor, member of the guild of the Asclepiadae, and court physician to Amyntas II, and then became the king of Macedonia. Aristotle 's mother was Phaestis, she is known

Influence is defined as the capacity or power of people to be a compelling force on the actions, behavior, and opinions of others. In Things Fall Apart, Nwoye is heavily magnetized to the introduction of Western Culture to the extent that he considered transferring cultures from Ibo to Christianity. The author, Chinua Achebe, incorporated the effects of how Western Culture influenced Nwoye’s decisions to dwell upon the idea that father-son relationships and religious conflicts lead to ones decisions

Rome was founded in 753 B.C. Roman has the great influences in Western Civilizations and society. Christianity is a monotheistic religion; it established right after the death of Jesus Christ. Christians are the follower of Jesus Christ (4 B.C.-29 A.D.). Roman sees Jesus as a political protestor who might want to push a revolt against roman rule, that’s why Jesus was sentences to death by crucifixion. Churches in Ancient Europe were divided into The West and The East, whose centers were Rome and

throughout the entire world and not just run by extremists and violet people in the Middle East. People can learn about Islamic culture by learning the origin of Islam in the Qur’an and through Mohammed and his teachings, the Islamic golden age and western influence and modernization on the Islamic world. Mohammed was the last prophet of God and the origin of Islam was through his life and teachings and the Qur’an. At the age of 40, Mohammed struggled to know the meaning of life so he “developed

Socrates, an Ancient Greek philosopher, had great philosophical influence on Ancient Greece from 470BCE with this significant impact upon the Greek way of thinking being paired with the fact that he is widely regarded as the ‘Father of Western Philosophy’, meaning that his influence has still proved significant even today. This potent influence remains relevant still today because of the significance of his teachings and the way he both changed philosophy in Ancient Greece influenced on the youth

painted pottery and jewelry from the Greeks of Mycenaean, which traveled, to the Hittite Empires and Egypt. This trade advanced art forms that helped to influence and shape local cultures throughout western civilization. Fast forward and by the time of the Italian Renaissance, art is booming and influencing thoughts and cultures all over the western world. During the Renaissance, a rebirth of creativity occurred and the idea of humanism was born. Chapter 12 mentions

The Holy Roman empire, founded in the early 9th century, followed the barbaric times of the "Dark Ages" when the Roman empire fell to it's demise in the 5th century and Western Europe entered a period of frequent warfare, preventing cultural achievements and the virtual cessation of learning. Although the continent’s government system disintegrated into fragmented kingdoms, struggles between kingdoms often occurred and without any central authority, resulted in the constant warfare between nobility

moved in from the north about four thousand years ago. As more arrived the population and city spread in a great amount and after a few hundred years they were the most powerful group in the region. Greece has influenced in many ways to help the western world. The Ancient Greeks were different from their neighbors in two major ways: they spoke in a different language, and they had a religion based on many different Gods and Goddesses. They also had a different alphabet than all of their neighbors

aspects to Nigeria’s culture that are worth considering. But one aspect of Nigeria has proven itself to be rich, transformative, and long-lasting: literature. Nigeria has produced rich literature that shows the conflict between tradition and western influence as well as dividing war. Further, Nigerian literature answers to this clash with a call to reconciliation and balance of the two. A brief look into the history of Nigeria would be beneficial before considering the literary culture and history