This read was very interesting. It seemed as if the more force and the quicker a civilization rose to power the quicker it fell and the more it was forgotten. One main theme tying a civilization to its people seemed to be with China and the root of Confucianism. This deep rooted religion can be related to another flourishing civilization, India. Through Siddhartha's teachings, Buddhism became a huge role in unifying people with the polytheistic view unlike Confucius and Daoism. However, just because these two civilizations has the base root of religion to fall back on doesn't mean their cultures were anything alike. Strayer states the "Chinese and Greek... focused more on the affairs of the world and credited human rationality" in their way of understanding the world where "India, Persia, and Jewish intellectuals... explored the... relationship of God or the gods to human life"(pg 148). Basically these two different groups of people looked at their lives through a lens, one with god(s) behind the actions of the chaotic world and one where peoples actions were the cause and effect relationship happening throughout the world.
Quiz 4
1) “Hallmark Five: We Embrace The Gift Of Diversity.” In what way does Strayer’s textbook, Ways of the World , reflect Hallmark 5 of the SND de Namur? Strayer is able to reflect NDNU's "Hallmark Five: We Embrace The Gift of Diversity" through his textbook, Ways of the World by getting the reader to understand and view points of history through different and sometimes extremely subtle lenses. At the beginning of the book he provides us with gatherer-hunter idea. This was the first time I have heard this throughout all my history classes. Another was his reference to the Huns and how they should be considered a Civilization based on their contributions to the world during their time. He tries to remove past bias's the reader my have and questions some fundamental preconceptions people have based on prior history classes. 2) Please refer to the learning outcomes in your syllabus for this class. Did the course meet these outcomes? Were any of the outcomes not ...
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