civilization

Examples of civilization in the following topics:

• Indus Valley Civilization

  • The Indus Valley Civilization was an urban civilization from 3300-1300 BCE that covered most of present-day Pakistan and northwest India.
  • The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age urban civilization that existed from 3300-1300 BCE and covered most of present-day Pakistan and northwest India.
  • Situated around the Indus River and the Ghaggar-Hakra River, the Indus Valley civilization is also known as the Harappan civilization, named after Harappa, the first city to be excavated in the 1920s.
  • Socially, the Indus Civilization appears to have been relatively egalitarian in nature.
  • After the collapse, regional cultures emerged showing influence of the Indus Valley Civilization to varying degrees.

• The Minoans

  • The Protopalatial period of Minoan civilization (1900 to 1700 BCE) and the Neopalatial Period (1700-1450 BCE) saw the establishment of administrative centers on Crete and the apex of Minoan civilization, respectively.
  • From this fact and related points, he decided to name the civilization after the mythical King Minos.
  • Over the next four thousand years the inhabitants developed a civilization based on agriculture, trade, and production.
  • The Minoans civilization on Crete existed on the island during the Bronze Age, from 3000 to 1100 BCE , although the Mycenaeans from Greece invaded the island in the mid 1400s BCE and occupied it for the last centuries before the Greek Dark Age.
  • The Neopalatial period occurred from 1700 to 1450 BCE, during which time the Minoans saw the height of their civilization.

• The Neopalatial Period

  • The apex of Minoan civilization occurred during the Neopalatial period, and lasted from 1700 to 1450 BCE.
  • The Neopalatial period occurred from 1700 to 1450 BCE, during which time the Minoans saw the height of their civilization.
  • After this, during the Final and Postpalatial period from 1450 to 1100 BCE the island was occupied by the Mycenaean Greeks before the final collapse of Minoan and Mycenaean civilization and the beginning of the Greek Dark Age.

• The Nile River

  • The success of ancient Egyptian civilization came partly from its ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River Valley.
  • Ancient Egypt was a civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt.
  • Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BCE with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh.
  • The success of ancient Egyptian civilization came partly from its ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River Valley.
  • Support the reasons why the Nile River was so influencial in ancient Egyptian civilization.

• Introduction to Ancient Greece

  • Ancient Greek culture spans over a thousand years, from the earliest civilizations to the cultures that became the Ancient Greeks.
  • Greeks considered themselves civilized and considered outsiders as barbaric.
  • The Cycladic civilization, around the Cyclades Islands, thrived from 3,000 to 2,000 BCE.
  • Little is known about the Cycladic civilization because they left no written records.
  • The Orientalizing period (c. 700-600 BCE) is named for the cultural exchanges the Greeks had with Eastern, or "Oriental" civilizations.

• Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Art

  • Ancient Egyptian art is the painting, sculpture, and architecture produced by the civilization in the Nile Valley from 5000 BCE to 300 CE.
  • Ancient Egyptian art includes the painting, sculpture, architecture, and other arts produced by the civilization in the lower Nile Valley from 5000 BCE to 300 CE.
  • Natural resources in the Nile Valley during the rise of ancient Egypt included building and decorative stone, copper and lead ores, gold, and semiprecious stones, all of which contributed to the architecture, monuments, jewels, and other art forms for which this civilization would become well known.
  • The Old Kingdom is the name given to the period in the third millennium BCE when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement—the first of three so-called "Kingdom" periods which mark the high points of civilization in the lower Nile Valley (the others being Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom).
  • Create a timeline of ancient Egyptian civilization, marking the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms

• The Mesopotamian Cultures

  • Sumer was an ancient Chalcolithic civilization that saw its artistic styles change throughout different periods in its history.
  • Sumer was an ancient civilization in southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Ages.
  • Artifacts of the Uruk civilization have been found over a wide area—from the Taurus Mountains in Turkey, to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, and as far east as Central Iran.
  • The Uruk civilization, exported by Sumerian traders and colonists, had an effect on all surrounding peoples, who gradually developed their own comparable, competing economies and cultures.
  • Discuss the historical importance of the various civilizations that existed in Mesopotamia

• Art of the Bronze Age

  • The Bronze Age saw the birth of civilization and the development of advanced cultures in Europe, the Near East, and East Asia.
  • Cultures in the ancient Near East (often called the Cradle of Civilization) practiced intensive year-round agriculture, developed a writing system, invented the potter's wheel, created a centralized government, law codes, and empires, and introduced social stratification, slavery, and organized warfare.
  • From the Iranian Plateau came the Medes and then the Persians, who nearly succeeded in uniting the entire civilized world under one empire.
  • The hallmarks of ancient Egyptian civilization, such as art, architecture and many aspects of religion, took shape during the Early Dynastic period—lasting until about 2,686 BCE.
  • In the East, civilization emerged in the Indus River valley, and from the Yellow River came the beginnings of Chinese civilization.

• Sculpture in Southeast Asia

  • The Indic civilization of Champa flourished along the coasts of what is now central and southern Vietnam from 500 CE onward.
  • This civilization left an impressive artistic legacy consisting primarily of sandstone sculptures, both in the round and in relief.
  • The subject-matter of Cham sculpture is drawn mostly from the legends and religion of Indian civilization.

• Painting during the Tang Dynasty

  • The Tang Dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese civilization, and Chinese figure painting developed dramatically during this time.
  • During the Tang Dynasty, considered a golden age in Chinese civilization, Chinese painting developed dramatically, both in subject matter and technique.