Revision of civilization blog

In ancient times, many individuals had to learn a series of ways to flourish and thrive in a civilization. Some of which came through trial and error while others came through plain knowledge. In order to keep a civilization maintained and stable, many people had to abide by a ruler or do things on their own. Each civilization had their differences in the ways they went about maintaining their land but they also had some similarities. For example, most civilizations had deities or gods they followed to help with order, different social classes to keep everything in line and a militia for war.

The period of legalism (247-206 BCE) is a great example of how an empire had to follow the laws of their leader. Invading and conquering other civilizations to gain land or outside resources became the thing to abide by to get what you needed. For instance, Ancient Egypt and Nubia went back and forth invading each other because they both had resources that they wanted and because they wanted to expand their land. Also a critical component to establish a strong civilization was to silicify what role each individual had.  In particular, a civilization would have its hunters/gathers, priest, slaves, agriculturist, kings and merchants each of which would have to fulfill its own role in order to maintain a well environment.

In all keeping and maintaining a civilization can be viewed as a difficult thing to do. However, if a civilization has all of its key components to flourish then there would not be a problem for them to be stable and survive during ancient times

Revision for Medea Blog

In the original play Medea by Euripides, the main character is a woman who is tormented by her surrounding love for her husband Jason. Since she is so much in love with this man she goes crazy after he leaves her for another woman. Not only is she angry with her ex- lover Jason but she takes out revenge on everyone else including her children. She goes to the extreme to kill the king, his daughter and her two children because she is terribly in love with her husband. Today, different elements of this play are seen through society as a theme highly represented in different forms of work.

One reason why this character keeps getting reimagined in different circumstances is because most women at a certain time in their lives have been hurt and it changes the way they think and feel. For example, in Tyler Perry’s “Medea” movies most of the focuses are troubled women from awful and   malfunctioning relationships. From these damaging predicaments, the women in the movies start to be revengeful on their ex-boyfriends or husband and take their anger out on the world. Back in the author’s era of writing, the male figure is in charge of the household and is the keeper of the family. So when Jason leaves Medea she ultimately has nothing because all of her resources are gone, Which can make her go crazy because she has nothing left but a feeling of hopelessness from lost love and revenge from her hurt. This theme of having nothing left, whether it is emotional or physical, after a lost love is illustrated amongst today’s society. Most women tend to fall apart as Medea does and begin to do abnormal things as the character Medea. Even though the original Medea is from Greek literature most of its popularity can be seen throughout the black culture. To demonstrate, on black television most of the shows are centered around a women who are stressed about a relationship and tries to do whatever she can to try to get her lover back or try to inflict pain on other people because of her issues.

Instances like the original Medea will forever be in the mainstream because it relates to most people at some point and time in their life. A person gets crazed and over emotional about love and that is why the character Medea keeps getting reimagined in different circumstances.

Medea blog

In the original play Medea by Euripides, the main character is a woman who is tormented by her surrounding love for her husband Jason. Since she is so much in love with this man she goes crazy after he leaves her for another woman. Not only is she angry with her ex- lover Jason but she takes out revenge on everyone else including her children. She goes to the extreme to kill the king, his daughter and her two children because she is crazy in love with a man. Today different elements of this play is seen through society as a theme highly represented in different forms of work.

One reason why this character keeps getting reimagined in different circumstances is because most women at a certain time in their lives have been hurt and it changes the way they think and feel. For example, in Tyler Perry’s “Medea” movies most of the focuses are troubled women from messed up relationships. From these messed up predicaments the women in the movies start to be revengeful on their ex-boyfriends or husband and take their anger out on the world. Another example of that is the main character Medea, she gets her name from the original Medea because just like her she is crazy and mean. Even though the original Medea is from Greek literature most of its popularity can be seen throughout the black culture. To demonstrate, on black television most of the shows are centered around a women who is stressed about a relationship and does whatever she can to try to get her lover back or try to inflict pain over other people because of her issues. Another source where it is seen is from hip-hop music or r&b love songs because most of them talk about relationships and how they are dealing with it. For example, Beyonce’s crazy in love portrays a women who is so madly in love with a man that she goes crazy over him and will do anything for him.

Instances like the original Medea will forever be in the mainstream because it relates to most people at some point and time in their life. A person get crazed and over emotional about love and that is why the character Medea keeps getting reimagined in different circumstances.

Blog#4:Legalism

In an ancient civilization some kind of rule or order must be exemplified, to unsure the governing process is stable for the king or higher power to be in control. In Ancient China the practicing of legalism can be illustrated as one of most effective ways to administer the land and to promote power over the people. In my practice of legalism, there is only one ruler in charge and everyone must abide by him and the laws or face consequences of harsh punishment. Everyone must demonstrate loyalty to the emperor, country and appointed magistrates, which would be the individuals I chose to help regulate the law of the land. In order to keep supremacy I would command that everyone not speak against my rules and to follow them punctually, without doubt of order. My main focuses would be the well-being of the state and its stature, honoring of the ruler and lastly the wellness of the civilization. This would be a great form of government because the people would respect the laws and adopt them out of fear from the consequences they would have to face.

Blog #3: Civilizations

In ancient times, many individuals had to learn a series of ways to flourish and thrive in a civilization. Some of which came through trial and error while others came through plain knowledge. In order to keep a civilization maintained and stable, many people had to circum to a king or do things on their own. Each civilization had their differences in the ways they went about maintaining their land but they also had some similarities. For example, most civilizations had deities or gods they followed to help with order, different social classes to keep everything in line and a militia for war.

Invading and conquering other civilizations to gain land or outside resources became the thing to abide by to get what you needed. For instance, Ancient Egypt and Nubia went back and forth invading each other because they both had resources that they wanted and because they wanted to expand their land. Also a critical component to establish a strong civilization was to silicify what role each individual had.  In particular, a civilization would have its hunters/gathers, priest, slaves, agriculturist, kings and merchants each of which would have to fulfill its own role in order to maintain a well environment.

In all keeping and maintaining a civilization can be viewed as a difficult thing to do. However, if a civilization has all of its key components to flourish then there would not be a problem for them to be stable and survive during ancient times