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Once upon a time (Important people (Thales, Pythagoras, Democritus, Plato,…
Once upon a time
Important people
Thales
Pythagoras
Democritus
Plato
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Galen
Mankind
Emergence of human
First civilizations
Preliterate civilizations
Invention of writing
Discovery of numbers
Post-medieval development
Colonization
Schools, universities
Renaissance
Protestant Reformation
Book printing
Earth
Cambrian explosion
Paleozoic era
Mesozoic era
Cenozoic era
Greeks
Schools
Expansion
Scientific knowledge
Philosophy
Fire
Characteristics
Productive use
Intensive growth
Extensive growth
Incorporation into society
Cultural mutation
Cost of domestication
Civilizing constraints
Problems in exploiting to best advantage
Problem of ignition
Choice of fuel
Range of use
Empires
Arab Empire
Byzantine Empire
Western Roman Empire
Civilizing processes at 3 levels
Society
Human history
Individual
Fertile Crescent
Ancient Mesopotamia
Conditions for growth in knowledge
Ancient Egypt
Field of vision
Whole environment
Perception
Limits
Limits of history writing
Solutions
Knowledge of Zeitgest
Knowledge of nature of events
Ascertaining probity & exactness of transmitters
Consider Conformity
Normative method
Need of verification
Mistakes
Unawareness of purpose of event
Unfounded assumption as truth of everything
Reliance upon transmitters
Ignore how conditions conform w/ reality
Rule of approaching high-ranking persons
Bias
Matthew effect
Hindsight bias
Ethnocentrism
Summaries of summaries
Ignore nature of conditions arising in civilization
Romans
Assimilation of Greek culture
Practical knowledge
Agriculture & animal husbandry
Divergence in civilizing processes
Convergence in civilizing processes
Industralization
Ceramic
Glass
Metals
Measurement
Writing