AncientCivilizationModern

Group members

Hoang Thi Hong Nhung - 黃氏紅絨 - 1102629205

Nguyen Thi Duong - 阮氏楊 - 1101529104

Faith Ho - 何欣 - 1102629119

Nguyen Truong Quynh Chau - 阮張瓊珠 - 1102629120

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Mesopotamia and Egypt: 3100 BC

The Indus: 2500 BC

The Aegean: 2000 BCChina: 1600 BC

… Ancient Civilizations

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Part 1. Civilization: Ancient vs. Modern

Modern Civilization

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Techn logy

Ancient

• The energy: Manpower/animal power

• Invention purpose: farming, improving daily life, rituals

• Highlight: A few amazing inventions.

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The industrial revolution

• Time: Around 19th

• Origin: UK, then spreading globally

• Great contributions to mankind:

The replacement of machine

The use of steam, and later of other kinds of powers

The adoption of the factory system.

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Techn logy

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Modern

• Develop swiftly

• Lots of invention in different fields

• A wide range of sciences

• Facilitate human more with their jobs

• Drawbacks: Pollution

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conomy

Modern

Agriculture played an important role in the economy; created most of ancient civilization’s wealth.

Ancient

Many industries Different kinds of products and changing rapidly.

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Modern

Ancient

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• Primitive tools

• Ineffective production

• Mechanized work

• Massive production

• High productivity

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Modern

Ancient

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Traded with limited

neighboring civilizations.

• Global trade• International

trading organizations/ associations

11Ancient Education

Part 1. Civilization: Ancient vs. Modern

o Before the development of writing system, method of learning was oral.

o By about 3100 BC, schools appeared.

o Mostly for boys from the age of 6 to 14.

o High percentage of illiteracyo Focus on religion, physical

training, manners.

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o Better facilities and equipment.

o Many types of education.o Curriculum: wide range of

subjects.

o Compulsory basic education in most countries.

o Decreased illiteracy and no schooling population.

o More equality in education.

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Scale

Weapons

Types

Warfare

Part 1. Civilization: Ancient vs. Modern

Between small territories or countries

Between large territories, many countries involved (global effects).

Ancient Modern

Advancements on the earlier primitive weapons.

Dangerous weapons causing massive destruction.

- 13 types- Chemical, Electonic,

Aerial, Information, Nuclear, etc.

Mostly ground/land warfare, propaganda, naval, psychology

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Part 2. Perspectives of Civilization

Civilization: Pros and Cons

Increase living quality

+ High-tech equipment

+ Modern manufacturing

+ Global communication and

trading

+ Better education

+ Wars

+ Pollution

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Only civilization is capable of providing improved quality of life: security, material abundance, the arts, culture, the possibility of individual fulfillment and of happiness.(Roger Ellman)

Part 2. Perspectives of Civilization

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Part 2. Perspectives of Civilization

Civilization means the

development based on human

innovations in some aspects of

life.

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