As everyone knows things do not always stay the same over a period of time. Things tend to change over a great amount time whether or not it is a political, economic, and cultural aspect. In this case, things changed a lot from the pre-classical to the post-classical era. Some of these things were religious beliefs, governments and or rulings, and trading. There were some things that remained the same like religions because things like that do not really change they just have different sections of the religions.
Some of the political things that changed from the pre-classical to the post-classical era were laws, conquering, and making governments. In the pre-classical period, you had a lot of laws people had to follow and they didn’t really have a structured government like today. During this time, they had a law book that was
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called the Code of Hammurabi. The Code of Hammurabi had laws that people had to follow for example a law was an eye for an eye. This meant that if someone took your eye you could take theirs. This law book was the first set of law codes ever made. In the classical period you had conquers like Alexander the Great going around taking over people lands for political gain. Also, he was very known for his great military skills. In the post-classical period, there were the first makings of a real government system called Feudalism. Feudalism was a system were serfs, lords, kings each exercise some power upward and downward it was a system for small governments. This system was a checks and balance system between the lower and higher people. This system is still being used today but used in a whole completely different way. The economic side of things changed from the pre-classical to post-classical era, not that differently but it still changed in some ways. In the pre-classical period, they had the Indus Seal which was used for stamping clay and trade. The Indus seal during that period was like money people because each stamp had a different image on it. In the classical period, they had the Silk Road which was used for trading and making money. The silk road was different from the Indus Seal because people were being able to exchange different type of goods they had never seen before with different countries. Unlike with the Indus Seal, it was kind of within the community. In the post-classical period they still were trading goods like in the classical period there was not much of a difference except for them trading over a body of water. In the post-classic period, they had the Intan Shipwreck which was a ship that was carrying a bunch of trading goods like silk, cotton, and tin. The ship met into a wreck when it was on a trading route in Southeast Asia. This was important to the post-classical period because they were still following the other examples of trade but changed it up a bit by incorporating ships. Lastly, some of the cultural things that changed from the pre-classical to the post-classical era were the making of things and their use.
In these time period, they each made different objects for different things which are unique to each era. In the pre-classical era, there was the Jomon Pot which was used for cooking and storing food. This was important to this period because people started to learn how to save food for another day. In the classical period, they switched up things and made things to gift to officials and among other things. There was the Han lacquer cup which was a cup made out of lacquer and gold. This cup was very expensive so if you were gifted this you must have been an important person. In the post-classical time period, they went on the route of making things for spiritual effects. For example, they had the Maya Maize Statue. The Maya Maize Status was a statue of Maize god that was decapitated yearly with the corn harvest and then reborn each year. This was important to their culture because they believe that they should replant the head every time they started a new harvest and remove it when the harvest was
done. As you can see each era had political, economic, and cultural things but they were depicting differently from each other. Some will say it is because things change and people think differently but it probably because things got outdated and people wanted to do different things. Also, things are not going to say the same and people do die and there is always a new generation being born ready to change up the world with their beliefs and other things.
In Document 1,2, 3, and 4 the Han dynasty is shown making things and inventing things for their citizens to use. During this time period the Han dynasty was described as the Golden Age in China. Confucianism gave a new way to life. The Historical context is that during this time period when the Yellow river flooded the crops and trade would be put to a stop.
There are many distinct differences between Medieval society as illustrated by Achen in 800 AD and Roman society as illustrated by Pompeii in 79 AD, with some similarities. There are many aspects to examine, such as education, religion, tolerance, social classes, materialism, view of time, infra-structure, trade and cities.
In conclusion, while there were many changes occurring throughout the world during the time of the classical era, the most prevalent changes took place in India, China and Persia. These changes involved religion and philosophy being a means for justifying the class, gender, and political roles of citizens.
Classical civilization was the period centered on the Mediterranean Sea, relevant to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
Jewelry has been worn by people in almost every civilization around the globe in every century. These accessories can often tell a lot about a civilization. One can especially compare the jewelry of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome to get an accurate idea of the time period and how people's customs evolved within that area and that time. Jewelry in ancient times were very similar in that they were often made of identical materials, showed status of the people living within a society and the sophistication of the civilization itself; however, the way the jewelry was produced and complexity of the design changed with time.
During the period between medieval to the western modern there were many different areas addressed at this time. Each time period had a variety of systems to benefit their population. The church was weakened by internal conflicts as well as by disagreements between church and state. The rising of the bourgeois class, and secular ideals succeeded in the growing towns and gave support to the expanding monarchies. However, there are many parts to each area of social, political and religious.
...use of the Peloponnesian war that they were not able to defend themselves, and therefore, it was because of that they were conquered. In addition, at the end, not only Athens itself was conquered, but the arts and progress inside it, also. After the war, less discoveries and philosophers were being made, finally culminating in the rule of Alexander the Great, where the Classical Age was ended. Throughout the 28 years of the Peloponnesian War, the whole area was brought down to its knees.
The Hellenistic period brought a new, refreshing start to Greece. Ancient Greece and its introverted culture transformed into Hellenistic Greece, which infused its culture into countries and empires outside of Greece’s boundaries. With this spreading influence, new forms of art, inventions, and religion emerged in the midst of the cultural growth. An innovated aspect within Hellenistic Greece was philosophy and its new schools. At the time, two of the most popular philosophies, Epicureanism and Stoicism, rivaled each other.
The government structure reflected the Athenians’ belief that individual contribution is crucial for sustaining a productive society. In the Classical Era, which was from 490-323 BCE, democracy was implemented and resulted in the power over the state lying in each citizen’s hands. Every vote affected the decisions that were made for the community, and every person had a say. The democratic system increased the individual’s involvement and interest in state affairs, therefore making each citizen more aware of what was happening in his community. As Thucydides said in Pericles’ eulogy, “Here each individual is interested not only in his own affairs but in the affairs of the state as well: even those who are mostly occupied with their own business are extremely well-informed on general politics.” By being well informed, the Athenians made better choices for their polis and cared more about what was going on in their city.
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Additionally, the styles changed; from Rococo, which was meant to represent the aristocratic power and the “style that (…) and ignored the lower classes” (Cullen), to Neoclassicism, which had a special emphasis on the Roman civilization’s virtues, and also to Romanticism, which performs a celebration of the individual and of freedom. Obviously, also the subject matter that inspired the paintings has changed as wel...
... people still practice worshipping of a God and live their lives based upon the beliefs and values taught under their religion. As a society in the modern world, many people still enjoy some form of music, art, or literature as entertainment. Athens brought the concepts of development and growth as entity which are still major practices of the modern world. We do not focus on one specific aspect but instead how we can all do different things and combine them to form a wealthy, independent, striving nation.
The Twentieth Century saw many rapid changes in society with the industrial revolution, rise of capitalism, women’s suffrage, challenging of religious concepts and World Wars. These changes led to people questioning everything they had known, including music. The questions asked led many composers into developing experimental ideas that were radical and unusual which gave rise to the Modernism era of music.
The Hellenistic era refers to the time after Alexander the Great where Greek culture, history, and art flourished. Also, the Renaissance refers to the period of European history that a revival distinguished by a revival of science, literature, and art especially in Italy between the 14th and 17th centuries. The Renaissance is also known as a renewal of the Hellenistic era. Both the Hellenistic and the Renaissance emphasized the importance of Greek knowledge and the spreading of that knowledge. Greek knowledge was able to spread and be expanded on during these time periods through the scholars and the scholars’ achievements in their time period. Furthermore, there are numerous scholars that led to the advancements and the discoveries of new ideas in a particular subjects that led to kingdoms in these time periods to be able to flourish. Since, the Renaissance is a not only a cultural but a social revival of Greek knowledge and culture there are many similarities between these two eras in scholarship; however, there is one main difference.
The ancient Roman culture is actually one of the most unique cultures in the world with the most fascinating history. Although certain aspects of its political system were adopted from the ancient Greek culture, there is a clear distinction in terms of how the government was run (O'Sullivan, 2011). Some economic analysts have considered the economic structure of the ancient Roman as market economy. However, due to the effects of social contract, so much has changed, considering the fact that government structure of the ancient Rome had no respect for human rights, especially the poor and the slaves (Erskine, 2009).