Saturday, June 29, 2013

The Rise of Human Civilization

            The progress of the human civilization, starting from the development of basic tools for the purpose of survival to the technological and social advancement of, has made humans as the most successful creature that ever walk the Earth. It is impressive to see that the human civilization flourishes with grandeur and sophistication as time goes by. They had also attained superiority over the other species here on Earth. But, in attaining it, the civilization had experience a lot of challenges and exerts a lot of effort in response to these challenges.

            During the prehistoric time, our ancestors have only one need in life: to survive. Our ancestors survive during that time through hunting animals. As the time goes by, they had created a better lifestyle through creating clothes from animal skin, forming small groups and making weapons from various metals to enhance their hunting skill. But the most important contribution of our ancestors to the development of human civilization is the proper control of fire. This skill has helped our ancestors survive the harsh environment during that time. Later on, they learn on how to manage plants as source of food aside from animal meat through agriculture. They also learn on how to tame and breed animals.

            As our ancestors expand their boundaries on Earth, small communities began to appear and later emerge as ruling cities and villages. These are all situated where the soil is rich and the water is clean and abundant. Communication and transportation emerges during this time. As the human population increase, simple political structures are created as a tool to control these early societies, giving way to the rise of empires and later on, as nations. The creation of philosophy, science and art had further advance the capabilities of humans to prosper. Technology plays an important role in developing the human civilization into a more sophisticated one. Technology helps the advancement of communication, transportation, agriculture and many more. With all the advancements that the human civilization had experience, it was able to reach what is beyond the sky: outer space But with this advancement, challenges also appear that comes naturally and from the humans itself. Natural calamities, human warfare and biological outbreaks have put human civilization into test. But in the end, human civilization remains strong and flourishes even more. 

            Human civilization today has improved a lot compare from the previous eras. It became more equipped with sophisticated tools in attaining its ever growing need and to face challenges from all aspects of life. Indeed, human civilization had grown out from its simplistic living to a more complex one. With all of this innovation, can human civilization further advance?

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