Early Civilizations1
EARLY CIVILIZATIONS AND THE DAWN OF THE MEDIEVAL AGEHistory is an account of man’s achievements during the last five thousand years. Though man has been on this planet for about 500,000 years, history only covers a part of this period. The reason for this is that history is essentially based on written documents However the art of writing become known to man, only after 3000 B. C.1.1 History : Meaning and Importance The word ’history’ is derived from the Greek noun ’historia’ meaning ’inquiry or research.’ Aristotle regarded it as a "systematic account of a set of natural phenomena, whether or not chronological ordering was a factor in the account." The term "history" has now come to be applied to accounts of events that are narrated in a chronological order, and deal with the past of mankind.Learning by inquiry about the past of mankind was later developed into a discipline by the Greek historians Thucydides and Heredeotus (who is popularly known as ’Father of History’). E. H. Carn defined history as an "unending dialogue between the present and the past." Jawaharlal Nehru observed that man’s growth from barbarism to civilization is supposed t
Also climatic conditions favored migration. He worked with the help of a council of ministers. Wells regards Ashoka as one of the greatest monarchs of history. The best representatives of this architecture are Egypt’s tombs, pyramids and temples. 2 Pre-historic PeriodAccording to W. Geographers say that there was indeed a thousand-mile long land bridge stretching between Siberia and Alaska. Three centuries after the Arab invasion, the Turks established their power in India. Distinctive Egyptian architecture emerged during the period 4000-30 BC. The Rajputs played an important role in North India, until the Muslim invasion. The earliest of these civilizations was that of the ’Olmecs. For instance, the reindeer, lemmings etc.
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