BIOL 446 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Avicenna, Edward Gibbon, Silk Road
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About the difference between the conceptual world of ancient greece. There"s another book that will be referenced in this lecture about dialectic in nature. And try to come back and talk about inventions. Decline and fall of roman empire edward gibbon. One of the first to write the descriptive element of history. Roman empire had direct democracy and slavery and then fell apart. Fell apart because roman empire couldn"t hold itself together: imperial provinces had their own system of government and communicated to senatorial area. Russian author micharl bakhtin rabelais and his world. Then fell apart which created a rift between east and west (roman and constantinople control) Immigration moved as far to spain: created beautiful architecture. While roman empire was isolated into city- states. At the time, christianity was at the beginning. He taught a very different view of the bible. Pope where science show something, can accept it. At this time, christianity is consolidating aristotle"s thinking in.
