Sentences with phrase «ancient cultures and societies»

Seeps from which gas and oil escape were formative to many ancient cultures and societies.

Not exact matches

The scholars who study Islamic culture today point out that the chief factors which have influenced contemporary Arab Muslim society are: the Western ideas which penetrated Arab society through education and increased contact with the West, socialist concepts which have spread throughout the world, communist doctrines which challenge religion in general, the expansion of university education, the admission of Muslim women to higher education, the study of ancient and modern philosophy in the universities, and the modern Muslim movements which have been so influential.

He will include all that is known of ancient and medieval and modern Oriental cultures and societies (Near, Middle and Far East) and extend his examination of Western society and cultures back beyond the classical world finally to include the successive types developed in the various great periods of the Christian era down to this day.

Actually, Sally, hom.os.exuals were accepted members of many pre-christian societies, including ancient Greece and Rome, and many New World and Polynesian cultures.

Just as the ancients used the terms «wind» and «breath» metaphorically to refer to the invisible «spiritual» forces that operate in human societies and motivate their cultures, so we may need to draw upon such vague and indefinite terms in order to understand what is happening in this tradition.

In his words, «The Kingdom of God as a process of open commenssality, of a nondiscriminating table depicting in miniature a nondiscriminating society, clashes fundamentally with honor and shame, those basic values of ancient Mediterranean culture and society» (Crossan: 70).»

Nowhere in such cultures as Islam and ancient Africa, which are deeply characterised by religious beliefs, or in those societies where the ruler and the ruled form an integral whole, like in China and Korea, can we find what may, even remotely, approximate the public and the private spheres presented by Arendt.

While this suggests that the culture flourished between 200 BC and 600 AD, it ignores broader questions about the nature of ancient Nasca society.

Fallon explains that we have a natural craving for live culture sodas: «We offer the theory that the craving for both alcohol and soft drinks stems from an ancient collective memory of the kind of lacto - fermented beverages still found in traditional societies.»

Rooted in the writings and teachings of ancient cultures, teaching to the whole child suggests a balanced educational experience in order to prepare children to contribute and live in a productive way within a society.

For instance, ancient societies and cultures like Egyptian, and Mesopotamian were identified as the cradles of global culture.

Increasing information about Mayan culture and society helps explain the development, achievements, and decline of their ancient civilization and suggests more continuities in Mayan history than once had been considered possible.

Chichen Itza is considered to be the most important ancient city of the Mayan Culture and has the most amazing examples of architecture in Mayan society.

Her work includes multiple facets, like the role of women in society, issues of identity and history, whether of ancient Rome, the Crimean War or her own Jewish heritage and Yiddish culture.

The practice of using scents to heal crosses boundaries of time and culture, stretching from Ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe to present day society.

Beside the Forbidden City, TianTong situates in a courtyard surrounded by ancient walls with green tiles, presenting both traditional elegance of Beijing and legal culture of the modern society.