Download - Civilization comparison - Ancient vs Modern
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Mesopotamia and Egypt: 3100 BC
The Indus: 2500 BC
The Aegean: 2000 BCChina: 1600 BC
… Ancient Civilizations
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Part 1. Civilization: Ancient vs. Modern
Modern Civilization
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Part 1. Civilization: Ancient vs. Modern
Techn logy
Ancient
• The energy: Manpower/animal power
• Invention purpose: farming, improving daily life, rituals
• Highlight: A few amazing inventions.
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The industrial revolution
• Time: Around 19th
• Origin: UK, then spreading globally
• Great contributions to mankind:
The replacement of machine
The use of steam, and later of other kinds of powers
The adoption of the factory system.
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Techn logy
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Modern
• Develop swiftly
• Lots of invention in different fields
• A wide range of sciences
• Facilitate human more with their jobs
• Drawbacks: Pollution
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conomy
Modern
Agriculture played an important role in the economy; created most of ancient civilization’s wealth.
Ancient
Many industries Different kinds of products and changing rapidly.
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Modern
Ancient
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• Primitive tools
• Ineffective production
• Mechanized work
• Massive production
• High productivity
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Modern
Ancient
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Traded with limited
neighboring civilizations.
• Global trade• International
trading organizations/ associations
11Ancient Education
Part 1. Civilization: Ancient vs. Modern
o Before the development of writing system, method of learning was oral.
o By about 3100 BC, schools appeared.
o Mostly for boys from the age of 6 to 14.
o High percentage of illiteracyo Focus on religion, physical
training, manners.
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o Better facilities and equipment.
o Many types of education.o Curriculum: wide range of
subjects.
o Compulsory basic education in most countries.
o Decreased illiteracy and no schooling population.
o More equality in education.
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Scale
Weapons
Types
Warfare
Part 1. Civilization: Ancient vs. Modern
Between small territories or countries
Between large territories, many countries involved (global effects).
Ancient Modern
Advancements on the earlier primitive weapons.
Dangerous weapons causing massive destruction.
- 13 types- Chemical, Electonic,
Aerial, Information, Nuclear, etc.
Mostly ground/land warfare, propaganda, naval, psychology
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Part 1. Civilization: Ancient vs. Modern
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Part 2. Perspectives of Civilization
Civilization: Pros and Cons
Increase living quality
+ High-tech equipment
+ Modern manufacturing
+ Global communication and
trading
+ Better education
+ Wars
+ Pollution
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Only civilization is capable of providing improved quality of life: security, material abundance, the arts, culture, the possibility of individual fulfillment and of happiness.(Roger Ellman)
Part 2. Perspectives of Civilization
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Part 2. Perspectives of Civilization
Civilization means the
development based on human
innovations in some aspects of
life.
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