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I am usually intrigued by the topic of ancient civilizations. It's always fun too me to learn how these people lived and how there daily lives went.
The Greeks is probably the civilization I most admire. Many philosophical and political structures that are used today were started by the Greeks. Some of these include democracy and parliament.
However, the most exciting about the Greeks to me is their architecture and religion. I am always fascinated by the stories of Greek mythology, as the elaborate architecture.
Other civilizations I also admire are the Romans, Egyptians, Aztec, Mayans, Indus and the Han Dynasty.
What are your favorite civilizations??
The ancient people who lived during the end of the last ice age in what is now Ukraine. Their stories are known to us only through archeology, but they were pure survivors.
Not really a "civilation" since they were nomads from the Iranian plateau, but my favorite ancient peoples are the Sarmatians, whose women fought alongside the men (the actual Amazon warriors) and who many believe were the actual knights of the round table after some of them were brought to England by the Romans in the second century. Descended from the Scythians, who were mentioned and admired by Herodotus, they were very accomplished horsemen. A related people, the Alans, settled in Spain and became the Catalans.
I) Brythonic Celts of England - Boudica vs Roman General Suetonius 60 A.D.
II) Vandals of North Africa - Crushing Mauretania (Roman Africa) in 430 A.D. and also Sacking of Rome 455 A.D. both under Geiseric I.
III) Roman Empire from 375-475 A.D. (ending) - Dealing with the invading Visigoths, Huns, Vandals and lastly Ostrogoths in which it finally fell for ever in 476 A.D.
Though not by any means ancient, I admire the way the American Indian lived off the land without disturbing it.
Actually the Indians disturbed the land quite a bit where they had the numbers and technology to do so and they were quite capable of creating social and ecological disasters; the Maya and Anasazi come to mind.
An interesting read is a book called "1491" which takes the view that the numbers of Indians before the Europeans arrived was much larger than is generally credited and so was their impact on the land.
Actually the Indians disturbed the land quite a bit where they had the numbers and technology to do so.
And had they developed more of it, they would gladly have used it however they found best. Hard to say whether their way or our way would have been the more destructive to the land, because we never got to see theirs carried all the way through.
And had they developed more of it, they would gladly have used it however they found best. Hard to say whether their way or our way would have been the more destructive to the land, because we never got to see theirs carried all the way through.
Interesting to see what the Indians of the upper Great Lakes did to the fur bearing animals of the area once there was an economic motive; they wiped them out forcing the fur business to move west.
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