Cultural Blending Affecting Society
Cultural Blending Effecting Society
In history, there are many ways that cultural diffusion effect society. Trading, migrating, and even wars can bring people of different races and religions together, creating the blending of multiple cultures. Mixed traditions can change the way people do things. It can create new religions, with fresh and interesting views. It can change the way that governments rule or how people make their decisions. The blended ideas of all the different cultures spread and create a new pattern of behavior in society. In the early A.D. 100s, the Romans conquered Greece, absorbing ideas from Greek colonists and borrowing from Greek culture. Greek art, literature, philosophy, and science influenced the way the Romans did things. Many Romans spoke Greek and copied Greek styles in prose and poetry. They borrowed much of their philosophy from the Greeks. They stressed the importance of duty and acceptance of one’s fate, and they also showed concern for the well-being of all people. Roman sculptors also stressed realism in their art, just like the previous ways of the Greeks. They generally left scientific research to the Greeks, who were citizens of the Roman Empire by that time. A Greek doctor insisted on using experiments to prove a conclusion, helping to advance the frontiers of medical science. As far as government goes, the Romans, for the most part, developed their own ruling techniques, like civil law for example. However, they did take the common principles of Greek rule, and applied it to their own principles that are familiar to Americans today. Another example of cultural diffusion is in the Safavid Empire around the 1500s. In 1587, Shah Abbas, or Abbas the Great, took the throne of the empire. He helped to create a Safavid culture and golden age that used ideas from the Ottoman, Persian, and Arab worlds. Shah Abbas limited the power of the military and created two new armies, one of these being an army of Persians, and the
In history, there are many ways that cultural diffusion effect society. Trading, migrating, and even wars can bring people of different races and religions together, creating the blending of multiple cultures. Mixed traditions can change the way people do things. It can create new religions, with fresh and interesting views. It can change the way that governments rule or how people make their decisions. The blended ideas of all the different cultures spread and create a new pattern of behavior in society. In the early A.D. 100s, the Romans conquered Greece, absorbing ideas from Greek colonists and borrowing from Greek culture. Greek art, literature, philosophy, and science influenced the way the Romans did things. Many Romans spoke Greek and copied Greek styles in prose and poetry. They borrowed much of their philosophy from the Greeks. They stressed the importance of duty and acceptance of one’s fate, and they also showed concern for the well-being of all people. Roman sculptors also stressed realism in their art, just like the previous ways of the Greeks. They generally left scientific research to the Greeks, who were citizens of the Roman Empire by that time. A Greek doctor insisted on using experiments to prove a conclusion, helping to advance the frontiers of medical science. As far as government goes, the Romans, for the most part, developed their own ruling techniques, like civil law for example. However, they did take the common principles of Greek rule, and applied it to their own principles that are familiar to Americans today. Another example of cultural diffusion is in the Safavid Empire around the 1500s. In 1587, Shah Abbas, or Abbas the Great, took the throne of the empire. He helped to create a Safavid culture and golden age that used ideas from the Ottoman, Persian, and Arab worlds. Shah Abbas limited the power of the military and created two new armies, one of these being an army of Persians, and the
Cited: * Prentice Hall World History Book – Chapter 6, Section 3 * http://docushare.ycs.k12.pa.us/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-23034/W5D18BAD.pdf