Contemporary World Civilizations

Yanıt Açıklaması: In the past 80 years, the Chinese have undergone many social revolutions Some examples of these are; The Long March of 1934 to 1936; A cultural surge from 1966 to 1976, The rise to power of the Eight Elders -1978 to 1992.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Africa is home to thousands of languages, millions of tribes and ethnicities, hundreds of traditional and deistic religions, the location for the largest deserts, indigenous home to thousands of wildlife animals, home and origin to the family of man, and the longest but not the largest river in the world.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Hinduism estimated to have 1.2 billion followers and Buddhism over half a billion. They are both syncretic in structure. About 90% of Hindus live in India with significantly smaller numbers in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bali -- plus converts overseas. The Roma people, although originating in north central India, cannot technically be considered part of the Hindu diaspora. In contrast, Buddhism is spread throughout East Asia. It affected every country including China and Indonesia, the two largest in population. Buddhism is more messianic (recruits through missionaries) while Hinduism is a religion in which one must undergo a series of steps for conversion. Neither spread through military means.

Yanıt Açıklaması: As a result, the Protestant Reformation began in Germany in 1517, when an Augustinian monk, Martin Luther, nailed his famous “95 Theses” -- a protest of the sale of indulgences (pardons for sins)-- to the door of a church in Wittenberg. Then, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Scotland, and several German states soon adapted the new religion, called Protestantism. In England, the break with Rome came when Pope Clement VII refused to allow King Henry VIII to divorce his wife, and this led to the organization of the Anglican Church.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Travelling from the interior of Africa heading north towards Egypt, a traveler can see the more than 250 Nubian pyramids.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The dot, usually red, placed in the middle of the forehead or between the eyes is called bindi in the Hindi language. The dot is a religious symbol and is meant to signify the world beyond the physical.

Yanıt Açıklaması: There is no Western-East civilization in the complex of Western civilization.

Yanıt Açıklaması: As a result, the Protestant Reformation began in Germany in 1517, when an Augustinian monk, Martin Luther, nailed his famous “95 Theses” -- a protest of the sale of indulgences (pardons for sins) -- to the door of a church in Wittenberg.

Yanıt Açıklaması: China secured its borders with the construction of the Great Wall, starting in 1358.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The initial and very profitable Japanese animation dates back a century, to 1917, and Japanese anime production has since sustained steady growth. The distinctive anime art style appeared in the 1960s with the contributions of Osamu Tezuka. Due to his creative artistry, it spread internationally in the late 20th century. Since the beginning of the 21st century, manga has gained global renown to such an extent that its name is now surfacing in various discourses far beyond Japanese shores.

Yanıt Açıklaması: At the formative level, Greek Civilization was heavily influenced by Egyptian mathematical, and architectural legacies.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The Axumite Empire, at the height of its global power, dominated the northeastern part of Africa up to the southern borders of Upper Egypt on the north and as far as Southern Arabia.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Zoroastrianism had passed its missionary phase; though it was the official religion of the Sasanians to the end, it had had to fight formidable opposition in its homeland and was besides too intimately identified with a specific cultural area to offer effective resistance to the potential universalism of Islam

Yanıt Açıklaması: 1989

Yanıt Açıklaması: Chinese citizens must attend school for at least nine years.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Siddhartha Gautama

Yanıt Açıklaması: an autonomous civilization that can be clearly articulated as being specifically African.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The French Revolution of 1789, arguably the most significant event in thousands of years, was a powerful impetus to evaluation of hereditary monarchical governments. Soon this revolution shook the entire continent of Europe. Its main idea was expressed in its motto: liberté, égalité, fraternité, or “liberty, equality, fraternity.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Buddha’s four noble truths emphasize the commonality of man. First, pain is universal; second, desire causes pain; third, ceasing to desire relieves pain; and fourth, right conduct provides escape from pain.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The Great Wall secured the borders of China. However, this wall isolated China from the rest of the developing world. Consequently, this isolation made the Chinese passive in politics and brought the subordination. These rulers were Mongolians, Manchurians, British and Japanese.