Civilisation

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.

André Malraux, Man's Fate (1933)

The word civilization comes from theLatin civilis, meaning civil, during the 18thcentury Enlightenment a verb "civilize" cameto be commonly used, leading to a new word"civilization" to describe the result. The wordwas therefore opposed to barbarism orrudeness.

Civilization can be characterized by severalaspects such as: Arts, Political System,Religion, Technology, Science, Agriculture…

Mythology is the study of whateverreligious or heroic legends are so foreign to ahuman's experience that he cannot believethem to be true. Hence the English adjective'mythical', meaning 'incredible'; and hence theomission from standard European mythologies,such as this, of all Biblical narratives even whenclosely paralleled by myths from Persia,Babylonia, Egypt and Greece; and of allhagiological legends. gods, goddesses, heroes,monsters, demons, angels and saints from allover the world

To Answer The Sort Of Awkward Questions That Children Ask, Such As: Who Made The World? How Will It End?

To Justify An Existing Social System And Account For Traditional Rites And Customs.

New Larousse Encyclopedia Of Mythology

Britain has not always been anisland.

Britain became an island after theend of the last ice age, whenmelting ice formed the EnglishChannel about 8000 years ago.

The Stone AgeThe Bronze AgeThe Iron Age

The Stone Age

It is the first age inPrehistory, in this periodof time, human made fromstone many tools such asweapons; this age is alsodivided into 3 sub-ages:

1) The Old Stone Age

(Paleolithic):

The Paleolithic dates from

about 2.6 million years ago

and ended around

15,000BC, this period had

seen the invention of tools

made from stone such as

hand axes…. .

2. The Middle Stone Age

(Mesolithic):

The Mesolithic period began at

the end of the Paleolithic epoch,

about 12,000 BC, and ended with

the introduction of agriculture. In

this period Man uses some

handmade tools and objects

found in nature: bow and

arrow….. .3) The New Stone Age

(Neolithic):

The Neolithic period began at

the end of the Mesolithic

period; it began with the rise of

farming and ended when metal

tools were invented.

STONEHENGE

The bronze age

The iron age

The Iron Age was a time in history after

people began to use iron tools. Before this,

they had used bronze or stone tools Iron is

easy to find, but hard to make tools with.