mr. business
1. The importance of the study of world history to me personally as an American is very significant because I hope to find a career where I will work with many diverse people and I not only want to know them, but I want to have an understanding of where they came from in order to associate with them better. Another reason is that an American can be from any culture from around the world. Americans aren't any certain race or religion, so we have to understand our fellow citizens just as they need to understand us. I was in definite need of a course like this because before I started taking this class I had no idea of the simple concept of the different beliefs between Hinduism and Judaism. I had heard of the different religions vaguely in high school, but was never actually taught about them. I didn't even know that Jews did not eat pig because they thought it was a descendant of the devil. If I weren't to know that, somewhere down the road I might have offered one of my !Jewish friends a ham sandwich and that would have been a very embarrassing situation. I now believe that I am a better informed American about fellow man in other parts of the world, but I sti
The Sumerian culture is known for its set of values and techniques. The first thing that made them stand out was their invention of writing which was called cuneiform. Then from there it evolved into ideograms, then they learned to use signs to represent sounds which is called the phonetic use of signs. This system of writing was very complicated, but it was taught and learned by many which increased their intelligence, discipline, and culture. They also flourished in mathematics. Although both civilizations are long gone, their inventions and some of their political and religious ways are still around in today's culture. The Indus civilization had everything that it needed to be a successful civilization and it was for a while, but because of abandonment of the area which was thought to be because of an earthquake, led this civilization to become deserted. Every society wants to be respected and known for their different culture and beliefs. Because of this course, I now realize that if I expect anyone to understand me, that I should already try to have an understanding of them. For the most part, the Sumerians had the factors to be a successful civilization because they established a basic social, economic, and intellectual pattern, but the Sumerians were taken over by the Semites because they had a stronger army. Even though the Sumerians were conquered many of their though
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Approximate Word count = 948
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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