How The Wester Civilization Per-1600 CE Has Altered Your Understanding Of Western Culture

History 101-95 Wester Civilization per-1600 CE has altered my understanding of the wester tradition’s legacy of intercultural connectivity by allowing me to understand more about traditions, cultures, and why people did certain things in the past. Some of the most interesting topics that have altered my understanding of Western traditions are the Paleolithic Age, the Neolithic Age, and the Creation of the Roman Empire. These chapters have changed my perspective and understanding by explaining more in depth the cultures and traditions that have progressed and changed over the years.

The great Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) shows us the modern man( Homo Sapiens) and the traditions and cultures that they have adapted to over the years.

This made Homo Sapiens settle in one place and start surviving off the land. Through thousands of years of trial and error, people in the Fertile Crescent Invented reliable agriculture by sowing seeds from wild grains to produce harvests year after year (The Making of the West). The fertile Crescent is a crescent-shaped region of land that stretches from the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea to the Taurus Mountains, southeast into the region surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates River basins (Prologue and Chapter 1 The origins of Western Civilization). This started in the Neolithic Age and this job fell because they had the most knowledge about gathering plants, and they eventually started to use these plants to grow harvests. They played a major role in the development of farming, while men hunted for meat. Along with learning about farming, they also started learning how to domesticate animals and keep animals in herds for constant meat year-round. These clans were learning quickly and evolving for the better by figuring out how to live off the land and settling down in one area instead of roaming the

The Roman Empire was massive and stayed in power for a large amount of time before someone powerful enough could take control of them. The Roman Empire began to come to the end of the Republic period. “Rome wasn’t build in a day”(John Haywood). It took Augustus a long time to create his political system because he was building it gradually. When he reinvented the government, he was guaranteed the army’s support and then built political legitimacy by communicating an image as a dedicated learner and patron. With his changes, he earned the people’s support and slowly changed their way of thinking by making the new look old; old was what traditional Roman values enshrined as best by doing this; he also preserved his power. The Roman Empire grew and changed in many ways through culture, religion, and the government. This is my favorite topic to read and learn about because of the changes that started with Augustus. Augustus started by creating his own political system, changing the government slowly, and culture and religion started to evolve as well. The belief system changed in Rome when the first Christian emperor, Constantine, legalized Christianity and promoted religious tolerance in 313 through the Edict of Milan. Though the tolerance of religion increased, more people came to stay in Rome and more culture was introduced. At this time, there were rough patches with all religions and cultural beliefs