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Civilisation
The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.
André Malraux, Man's Fate (1933)
The word civilization comes from theLatin civilis, meaning civil, during the 18thcentury Enlightenment a verb "civilize" cameto be commonly used, leading to a new word"civilization" to describe the result. The wordwas therefore opposed to barbarism orrudeness.
Civilization can be characterized by severalaspects such as: Arts, Political System,Religion, Technology, Science, Agriculture…
Mythology is the study of whateverreligious or heroic legends are so foreign to ahuman's experience that he cannot believethem to be true. Hence the English adjective'mythical', meaning 'incredible'; and hence theomission from standard European mythologies,such as this, of all Biblical narratives even whenclosely paralleled by myths from Persia,Babylonia, Egypt and Greece; and of allhagiological legends. gods, goddesses, heroes,monsters, demons, angels and saints from allover the world
To Answer The Sort Of Awkward Questions That Children Ask, Such As: Who Made The World? How Will It End?
To Justify An Existing Social System And Account For Traditional Rites And Customs.
New Larousse Encyclopedia Of Mythology
Britain has not always been anisland.
Britain became an island after theend of the last ice age, whenmelting ice formed the EnglishChannel about 8000 years ago.
The Stone AgeThe Bronze AgeThe Iron Age
The Stone Age
It is the first age inPrehistory, in this periodof time, human made fromstone many tools such asweapons; this age is alsodivided into 3 sub-ages:
1) The Old Stone Age
(Paleolithic):
The Paleolithic dates from
about 2.6 million years ago
and ended around
15,000BC, this period had
seen the invention of tools
made from stone such as
hand axes…. .
2. The Middle Stone Age
(Mesolithic):
The Mesolithic period began at
the end of the Paleolithic epoch,
about 12,000 BC, and ended with
the introduction of agriculture. In
this period Man uses some
handmade tools and objects
found in nature: bow and
arrow….. .3) The New Stone Age
(Neolithic):
The Neolithic period began at
the end of the Mesolithic
period; it began with the rise of
farming and ended when metal
tools were invented.
STONEHENGE
The bronze age
The iron age
The Iron Age was a time in history after
people began to use iron tools. Before this,
they had used bronze or stone tools Iron is
easy to find, but hard to make tools with.