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World History Homework Two - Model (view source)
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3. Explain the big advance in language mentioned in the lecture, which might have been even more significant than the invention of the wheel.
3. Explain the big advance in language mentioned in the lecture, which might have been even more significant than the invention of the wheel.
:The invention of the Phoenician alphabet. It allowed for more words with greater meaning, more than just concrete nouns. With the alphabet, you could convey ideas, plans, and even things like proper nouns. Communication could be accomplished with greater speed and clarity. (Michelle F.)
:With the Phoenician alphabet, it became possible to express the unseen as easily as what is tangible or seen. (Instructor)
4. Pick a significant advance in knowledge by the Greeks and comment on it.
4. Pick a significant advance in knowledge by the Greeks and comment on it.
:Going back to Alexander the Great, though in a different capacity, I believe he exemplifies an interesting paradigm: a different mindset from that of most individuals today. ... These days it seems difficult to get people interested or motivated enough to do practically anything, much less achieve something spectacular. What is even more profound is Alexander’s primary reason for conquest: he wanted to see/discover the Pacific Ocean (I believe it was it was known in legend as the Eastern Sea, though I’m not positive). Due to his studies under Aristotle, Alexander believed that the earth was round, to the great dismay of many of his soldiers, and he wanted to look on, with his own two eyes, the body of water of which he knew must exist. This just occurs to me as a particularly fitting spark to the genius of one of the most influential historical figures ever, and is one of the foremost reasons why I enjoy studying history. The remarkable such inspiration and determination that drove a man to known as “the Great,” is nothing short of awe-inspiring. (Joe B.)
:Going back to Alexander the Great, though in a different capacity, I believe he exemplifies an interesting paradigm: a different mindset from that of most individuals today. ... These days it seems difficult to get people interested or motivated enough to do practically anything, much less achieve something spectacular. What is even more profound is Alexander’s primary reason for conquest: he wanted to see/discover the Pacific Ocean (I believe it was it was known in legend as the Eastern Sea, though I’m not positive). Due to his studies under Aristotle, Alexander believed that the earth was round, to the great dismay of many of his soldiers, and he wanted to look on, with his own two eyes, the body of water of which he knew must exist. This just occurs to me as a particularly fitting spark to the genius of one of the most influential historical figures ever, and is one of the foremost reasons why I enjoy studying history. The remarkable such inspiration and determination that drove a man to known as “the Great,” is nothing short of awe-inspiring. (Joe B.)
:In Greece, c. 400 B.C. (the time when historians estimate the Hippocratic Oath to have been written) not all life was considered to be valuable. They did many things that would not be condoned today, slavery being one of them. They had brutal punishments, were often at war, were not averse to mutilating prisoners, made sacrifices to their gods, and many other practices that our culture today would find appalling. Yet even the pagan Greeks recognized that it was wrong to kill and unborn child. ... (Michelle F.)
[[Category:World History lectures]]
[[Category:World History lectures]]