History 2705E Lecture 1: First Term Notes HIS2705
20 Dec 2016
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Book review, not summary: put the person in place with some critical content, you can submit more than 4. Compare castiglione and machiavelli: essay question, same time period, completely different views. Something that is organized in an urban form: beyond culture, beyond nations, possible to characterize them that will remain constant over the, largest group geographical range of that civilization. Middle east- women can(cid:495)t go to school+ have to dress modestly: e. g. Must make sacrifices so the sun god is happy: e. g. slavery, e. g japan in wwii. Would rather die than be dishonored: aboriginal australians, native americans part of history. Dream world= more important than human reality: weber= founder of sociology. This is what gives it structure over time: all civilizations wants to be universal. Incapable of accepting the message of another civilization. Cannot accept or view one another seriously. Ancient civilizations of the old world: *see map, culture from greece/rome, religion from mesopotamia, twin birth places.
