Intro to civilization Flashcards
what is definition of civilization
it is a complex of human society, usually made up of different cities, with certain charectristics, cultural and technological
to civilize and civilized were back to..
but fernand braudel said that civilization in its modern sense was 1st used in…
16th century
1752
ethnocentric means…
تمييز عرقي
prehistorical means…
before writing existed therefore before countries existed too(قبل وجود بلاد)
why does a civilization give an identity to the person?
bec of the common geographical locus, the common set of values, the common social institutions and the common historical memory that are rooted in one place.
what does a civilization endow?
it endows cohesion, coherence and consisenty upon its members.
pre historic art was divided into 3 ages that correspond to the stone ages which are…
paleolithic(past years of stone age), mesolithic(middle stone age) and neolithic(new stone age)
prehistoric span roughly from…
14,000 to 2000 BCE
stone age art included…
the subject of there art was mainly…
cave paintings scluptures(stone, ivory and bone and reliefs)
animals and rarely we can find some abstarct human figures.
NO architect has survived till now.
the dweilling of the stone age consisted of…
caves and rock shelters ex: stonehenge monument ( in england and in many other places we dk its function yet)
obsidine means…
حجر بركاني
what is the concept of magical hunting?
if we have control over the animals on the walls (so they draw them) then we will have control over them on the ground
what is the concept of the lord of the beasts?
it is making a deal with a mini statue or the primitive man had this thought that he would not hunt and eat more than he needs
shamanism means…
اسقاط نجمي
it is a religion that believes in talking to the dead, healing people and escorting the soul of the dead
in india/ asia how did they draw their animals?
they drew them being hunted down and they represented their pain and agony
