HIST 1250 Lecture Notes - Abdominal Cavity, Roman Engineering, Eudoxus Of Cnidus

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Christianity becomes the official religion of the empire. Knowledge that is pursued is essential for survival or important interest. Beginning of science, much less focus on practical knowledge. Much less centralized, same language, collection of city states in competition with one another (commercial) Poor, not prosperous, something to gain by travelling abroad (drive to see other places) City states emerge 800 bce, independent, share social, cultural, and religious practices. Geography- no need for large public work and organized labour. Beginning of democracy (other states different from athens [beginning of democracy]) Beginning of drama, history, questions about nature (keep gods out of stories about nature) Not much observation, different from science today, no equations. The origins of the world and its basic concepts. Private schools, no support for education, no support for scientists. Big centre of greek civilization, better off than mainland, more fertile, more urbanized. Recognized intellectual property- plato and aristotle write who"s idea it was.

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