Ancient Civilizations and Its Relevance to Modern World
文章摘要:Human beings relate to one another through society, and express that relationship through culture. All of our actions, thoughts, behaviour, attitudes and material or intellectual creations imply a cultural relationship. Even the natural world that we name, describe and analyze may be said to be informed by human culture, to be invested with “inward meaning.” In this fundamental sense, our similarities are more profound than our cult... 展开
Abstract:Some people think civilization is an advanced stage in the progression of human cultural evolution. But, when historians or anthropologists use the term civilization, they mean society has many different, interconnected parts. So, rather than thinking about different forms of social organization as completely separate models, it’s helpful to think in terms of a spectrum of complexity. 展开