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—The rise of Cyrus marks the end and beginning of ancient and modern world respectively. Zorasteranism became prominent during this period which had it's impact on major monotheistic religions.

—Cyrus founded Achaemenid empire-First Persian Empire-with it's capital at Babylon, which was the largest empire seen untill then. The structure of the empire would influence later empires significantly.

—Darius and xerxes.

— Jun 21, 2021 05:52PM

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"The wars of Alexander and his successors released an enormous booty...", the connection between War and Economic acceleration seems interesting.

What's more interesting is that this 'Barbarian civilised' gap was even in the Hellenistic period. Was it?

—Stoics produced a condemnation of slavery around 500 BC. If that's right it goes against what Jonathan Brown says.

— Jul 02, 2021 09:48PM

Khan Hammaad is on page 200 of 1260

Greek sculpture was favoured by presence of stone in Greece.
What is the relationship between Geology and the forms of Art?
What kind of Geology favours poetry? Maybe a desert.

The notion of THEATRE seems quite broad. A temple, a mosque.. these are theatres of some kind. With this extension one can see art in varied forms.
What would a civilization without Art look like? How would it's people behave?

— Jul 01, 2021 12:04PM

Khan Hammaad is on page 192 of 1260

Battle of Marathon seems to be an important aspect of the contemporary western imagination.

Athenian democracy had a weak tradition of jurisprudence as it's bedrock was collective common sense and a mistrust of expert's.

It's unwise to make a distinction between Greek Science and Greek philosophy. As before Aristotle it was commonly believed that nature could be comprehended by using reason rather then observation.

— Jun 30, 2021 01:10PM

Khan Hammaad is on page 186 of 1260

Geography played a vital role in the emergence of Greek Civilization and later it's disunity. These Geographical constraints on human action seem interesting. I wonder how far one can extend them.
Similar to this argument is the one regarding Russian Geography and it's history of dictatorships. If this is the case then geography has a impact on politics which implies it has an impact on psychological foundations!

— Jun 29, 2021 04:12PM

Khan Hammaad is on page 166 of 1260

—what lies beyond Greek, Athens and Rome in the classical age?
The achievements of other peoples do not move me as that of Greek's.. why? Why does Zeus seem familiar then... I don't even know anyone besides Zeus, hades.. why?
—A classic is that which has played a pivotal role in the formation of the present.
—Written records provide the most valuable insights into the mind of a civilization. Archeology comes next.

— Jun 23, 2021 12:14PM

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—Among Mesoamerican civilizations Aztec civilization is pretty interesting. Two of the central acts in their culture were sacrifice and blood to maintain balance—both human.
I need to explore more of Aztec philosophy especially their views on death and to which their ethics seems to be tightly linked.

—There was a interesting connection between agricultural conditions and individualism regarding Europe.

— Jun 20, 2021 10:13AM

Khan Hammaad is on page 145 of 1260

— Jun 17, 2021 12:17PM