Casey's World History Blog

Now that these dynasties were becoming more established, they were also creating morals and values that almost everyone followed. These turned into parts of their culture and religion. It can be seen in China during the time of 500 B.C.E. Confucianism, from the teachings of Confucius,  and Daoism were rising. In the Middle East it was Zoroastrianism from the Persian prophet Zarathustra. Later it was known as Hinduism which later also branched off to Buddhism. Judaism became the religion of Israel and later spread to the branch of Christianity and Islam. In Greece, they still looked to the writings of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and others for rational reasoning and expressions. (Strayer, 2016). Many of these groups of civilizations were looking for a way to connect to a higher power spiritually, spreading the need for religion. People wanted to look up to something for guidance and direction. To be able to follow the teaching and values set in place by the religion. Religion began to

Herodotus came from a wealthy Greek family. He grew up around the time of the Greco-Persian Wars. They lifestyle, values and life for boy and a man at this time is described in his accounts in his series of books titled, The Histories . His accounts began the Western style of telling history through a systematic and connective narrative based on research (evidence). In his account of the Persians, they do not have an image of gods or temples or altars because they do not believe in them. Compared to the Greeks who have gods like Zeus that people will climb the highest mountain to offer him a a sacrifice. The Persians do not offer a sacrifice to the gods, rather they find a pure ground to conduct a ritual. The sacrificer does not usually ask for something for himself but for the welfare of the king and all of the Persian people. For young boys manliness begins with courage to participate in wars. This si the greatest proof of manhood. The second is a man with many sons. Men carefully ed

Based on the section, The Superior Man from Confucius, One of the traits I would like our next President to have would be IV. 5. I feel that this part of the text is describing a man that is honest and hard working. It is a man who takes what live gives him and makes the best out of it instead of trying to change things around him to make his own life better. If a man is not being honest then he will be undeserving and it will come back to him in the form of poverty. If our next President was really worried about living a natural life without hand outs and special treatment for those with money more people could be successful and have better opportunities.   I also like section XIV. 24. This one stands out to me because it describes that the superior man is a positive thinker. Always looking on the bright side is a good trait to have especially when it is during a time of need. Thinking positively creates a better approach to think clearly and reasonably. The mean man is stuck in th

The second wave of civilization came from the increase in numbers from the first civilization. From villages to states and empires means an increase in people. The second wave from the Roman, Persian, Indian and Chinese empires simply outnumbered the first civilizations from Mesopotamia and Egypt.  This new growth in numbers mainly came from Eurasia, Middle East, China and India.  between 500 B.C.E. and 500 C.E. Many of these empires did not cross each others paths because each civilization was building their own empire under political systems, cultural values, and organizing society. The largest of them was the Persian Empire as the Achaemenid dynasty. The Persian Empire conquered much of the land surrounding them and grew to be about 35 to 50 million people. This empire ruled under a monarch (kingship) and used elaborate rituals for the royalty. The Greek civilization known as the Hellenes, was similar to the Persian Empire because they were also very diverse with many different

In the Indus Valley Civilizations the first civilizations were in Mohenjo Daro and Harappa. During this time there was not too much of a written language. Images were mostly used. Seals were used to print an image of documents or products, similar to a stamp or signature that we use now. Seals were created from pictures of animals with little amounts of words. Since some people did not know how to read the pictures were an easier way to communicate which items belong to a person. Seals were different for each individual. So workers who were loading goods onto a boat would be able to tell which items belonged to their owner based on the seal they were marked with. A prominent landowner, leading official, a clan head, or a merchant would use a seal to identify their product or items. It was a way to put their name on their item by using a picture and not words.

             From the evolution of the hunting and gathering time period with more people settling and living of the land, civilizations started to grow. With the people not migrating as much to find food and began growing it for themselves led to a little more stability to being lives in these settled areas. According to the textbook, one of the earliest civilizations was in the Middle East in Mesopotamia. The Sumerian civilization were found to have the oldest written language found from around 3500 B.C.E. - 3000 B.C.E.  Civilizations in Egypt also rose from areas along the Nile River. One Civilization called Nubia. They are known for their pharaohs and pyramids.             The early civilizations from China date back to 2200 B.C.E. that were known as dynasties. The Shang, Zhou and Xia dynasty were some of the oldest civilizations. These civilization began lavish tombs and political ideologies. Social classes were starting to rise also. Chinese peasants did not own too much land

Hunting and gathering evolved into agriculture around this period. Agriculture was the way that the people began to care for the animals and plants to live off them and to grow more of them to be able to survive off them. Instead of migrating every so often to find food and plants to eat off the land, they began to use the land to grow and raise plants and animals. By domesticating the plants and animals they began to rely on each other. Their ability to produce more food for themselves and being able to settle in one area led to to more people and the villages growing in numbers. The Agricultural Revolution during the Neolithic period only occurred 12,000 - 4,000 years ago. This still led to issues between social classes. The poor could not afford tools and land to grow plants and raise animals like those who were wealthy. However, there were those who shared farming techniques like irrigation systems and advanced tools to help cultivate their plants. Overall, the human communities