a brief about western civilization - the origin of western civilization

1. WESTERN
CIVILIZATION
A BRIEF OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
NURUL AIN AQILAH BINTI SULAIMAN

2. What do we mean by “the west”?
• Though the West is defined primarily by its physical borders, the term
denotes more than a geographical location.
• The West refers to the peoples and territories of Europe and the lands
of the Americas and antipodes (Australia and New Zealand) settled by
Europeans.
• The territorial heart of the West comprises those lands west of
the Ural Mountains (which are traditionally considered the dividing line
between Europe and Asia) and the area extending from Norway in the
north to the southern tip of Spain, and to the Turkish border in the
southeast.
• The West generally corresponds to what was once called
Christendom.

3. WORLD MAP OF WESTERN

4. • Began in Europe based on the Greco-Roman
civilization.
• One of the existing world civilizations.
• Started either in 8th cent AD or 16th cent AD,
after the end of European Middle Ages,
(5th –16th cent AD)
ORIGIN

5. European History
• Middle / Dark / Medieval Ages
• The Age of Renaissance
• The Age of Reformation
• The Age of Discovery and Expansion
• Scientific Revolution
• The Age of Enlightenment
• The Age of French Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• Romanticism
• The Age of Nationalism

6. The West is also a cultural
concept. The modern West
with a combination of the
following 7 elements:

7. • Monotheism - the belief in one god, as opposed to religions
that believe in multiple gods.
• Separation of political and spiritual authority - often called
the separation of Church and State.
• Empirical investigation and mathematical explanation of
the material world, formerly known as "natural philosophy,"
now referred to as "science“.
• Confidence in the capacity of science and technology to
transform the human environment, and a general belief in
progress based on rational thought ( though this confidence
has been qualified in recent years by the increasing
evidence of human-caused damage to the environment).

8. • Respect for human rights, such as freedom of worship, freedom
of expression, and the rule of law (although these rights were
extended slowly to different segments of the population).
• Codification of political rights, such as the right to enjoy
representative government, freedom of assembly, equality
before the law and the right to vote (although these were also
gradually accorded to minorities, women, people of color, and
the landless).
• A high value on the sanctity of private life, family, and free
economic activity, observable in the right to freely accumulate
and transfer property without intrusive regulation by political
authorities.

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