The process of the rise and fall of the four centers of civilization

The term "Four Ancient Civilizations" was first put forward by Mr. Liang Qichao. Liang Qichao first used this definition in his 1900 "Song of the Pacific in the Twentieth Century", and noted that there were four ancient civilizations on the earth: China, India, Egypt, and Asia Minor.

Liang Qichao's statement was recognized by the world academic community at that time as the "birthplace of the five major civilizations". At present, there are five ancient civilizations recognized by the international academic community, and the four ancient civilizations are all built near the easy-to-survive river plateau. As a result, the Nile, Lianghe, Indus, and Yellow River basins at almost the same latitude in the northern hemisphere have produced the world's four major ancient civilizations.

From 7,000 to 4,000 years ago, the ancient civilization entered the Bronze Age from the Neolithic Age and then into the Iron Age. Slavery was adopted in all social systems. Nome in Ancient Egypt is the earliest known civilization in the world.

1. The prosperity of the four ancient civilizations.

Ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, ancient India and China are the four great ancient civilizations recognized by the world.

The main civilizational achievements of the four ancient civilizations.

1. Ancient Egypt: pyramids, sphinxes, sun temples, hieroglyphs;

2. Ancient Babylon: Code of Hammurabi, Hanging Gardens, cuneiform;

3. Ancient India: Hinduism, Buddhism, surgery, Arabic numerals, caste system;

4. China; The system of sub-envelopes, the lunar calendar, the oracle bone inscriptions, and the bronzes.

The scientific and technological achievements created by the four ancient civilizations have made significant contributions to the history of the development of human civilization.

2. Reasons for prosperity.

They all originated in the great river basins, and the natural and geographical conditions of these places are relatively superior, especially the rivers provide fertile alluvial plains and favorable irrigation conditions, which greatly promote the development of agriculture, so as to develop other science and technology on this basis, and create great ancient civilizations.

At the same time, their science and technology are all produced from social practices and belong to the same type, that is, the Bronze Age model of agricultural practice. As a result, their science and technology have something in common in many aspects, and they have achieved brilliant achievements in many aspects.

3. The four ancient civilizations today.

1. Babylon.

It is no longer a country, but one of the most sinister and conflict-ridden regions in the world.

2. Egypt. It is an absolute historical and cultural treasure house and a tourist mecca, but the economy is basically stagnant.

3. India. It has been colonized for a long time, the infrastructure is backward, and the integration of religions is far more difficult than others.

4. China; China, which has a history of 5,000 years, was weak in the early 20th century, and the invasion of the Eight-Nation Coalition made China realize for the first time that China was not the most powerful.

Today's China began reform and opening up in the 80s, creating a new culture, which made China start a 30-year period of rapid development.

Fourth, the reasons for the decline of the four ancient civilizations.

With the gradual development of social economy, the capitalist mode of production and commodity economy in Europe have emerged rapidly, while the agricultural civilization of the four ancient civilizations has experienced a very long process, and after the 18th century, it has invariably lagged behind the capitalist civilization of the West.

There are many historical reasons for the decline of the four ancient civilizations, such as the influence of religion and foreign invasions. Ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, and ancient India all lost their independence due to foreign invasions, interrupting ancient civilizations. For example, in 525 BC, ancient Egypt was destroyed by the Persian Empire; In 1595 BC, ancient Babylon was destroyed by the Hittites; Ancient India was fragmented for a long time, with foreign invasions in the north and a British colony in modern times.

First of all, China is still very well preserved its own culture, so among the 4 ancient civilizations, only China is still called one of them, and the other 3 have + ancient characters, because of the invasion of the midway regime, other cultures have also been brought into Egypt and ancient Babylon and India, they were forced to learn other cultures by the invaders at that time, so their own culture has not been well passed down. Even if there are some written records, they have not been used for a long time, so almost no one understands them, so their culture has declined. In 525 BC, ancient Egypt was destroyed by the Persian Empire; In 1595 BC, ancient Babylon was destroyed by the Hittites; Ancient India was fragmented for a long time, with foreign invasions in the north and a British colony in modern times.

Now Egypt is basically all Arabs, the ancient Babylonians have long since disappeared, as for India, I don't think there has been a break The decline of ancient civilizations is because the old civilization has been replaced by a new civilization, including China, how many ancient civilizations remain? Our ancient civilization is the most durable, because we have been closed for a long time, geographically, due to the barrier of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, so that the Western industrial civilization can not spread to China in large quantities, until the Opium War, we know that there are other countries in the world besides China, our various civilizations are far behind them, so there is the Westernization Movement, the Wuxu Reform and the Xinhai Revolution.

Long live the People's Republic of China!

The rise and fall of the unbridled in the text is carried out through the alternating mechanism of "challenge and envy". The environment constantly challenges society, and this society, through its creative sell-out few, successfully responds to this challenge, thus solving problems and causing progress. Then there will be new challenges and new victories.

If I exist today, the four ancient civilizations of the Chinese nation, will definitely be quite affected, because in many cases, modern times are also developing very fast, and in this more convenient era, they must have been developing, and everyone's words are also relatively able to keep up with the pace, so I think if it exists, he will definitely follow the modern era.

If the four ancient civilizations still exist today, then it will not have any impact. Because with the development of science and technology, the four ancient civilizations are becoming more and more backward. It is mainly developed countries led by the United States and Europe.

If the four ancient civilizations are still there, then our level of civilization will be very high, and we will change a lot.

This assumption is not valid, China can be inherited to this day, the cultural history has not been broken, it is not accidental, the other three major civilizations will eventually be broken, in fact, it is inevitable.

Before Columbus discovered the New World in October 1492, the Americas were not only in a state of isolation from the developed areas of the world's literati, but also lacked contact between the peoples in various regions of the Americas, and almost remained in the different stages of development of the primitive commune system.