Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Civilazation
Civilization means to me a type of culture, society, of a specific place, time, or group. That's what Civilization means to me. I'm not big on knowing what a lot of words mean but Civilization is the big one I know. To be Civilized means to be in your own culture and society, like if someone was to shake your hand and say hello, it would be using your manners but if you was to shake hands somewhere else that does not have the same society, it would be as not using your manners.
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im like ur first comment, OMG!!
IF as a rule the busy American, no less than the busy Englishman, knows less about Egypt both ancient and modern than about many less interesting lands, we may assume that his apparent indifference is mainly due to the remoteness of the place and the subject. From the port of New York to the harbor of Alexandria, as the crow flies, may be roughly estimated at between five and six thousand miles; while for those who are not crows the transit, even at high pressure, would scarcely be accomplished under three weeks.
But if modern Egypt is so far away that it takes three weeks to get there, ancient Egypt is infinitely more distant. The traveller who would visit the court of Memphis in the days of the earliest Egyptian monarchy must undertake a journey of some six or seven thousand years. He must not only go up the Nile; he must ascend the great River of Time and trace the stream of History to its source.
Do we realize how far distant is his goal, or how many familiar landmarks he must leave behind ? We are accustomed to think of the days of Plato and Pericles, of Horace and the Cæsars, as "ancient times." But Egypt was old and outworn when Athens and Rome were founded; the great [Page 38] Assyrian Empire was a creation of yesterday as compared with that of the Pharaohs; the middle point of Egyptian history was long past when Moses received his education at the court of Rameses II.; and the Pyramids were already hoary with antiquity when Abraham journeyed into the land of Egypt.
OMG I KNOW!!! Whats Up Matt Matt
haha i just copied this from a random page on the internet
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