What is civilization? Detailed answer

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What is civilization?

Standing out for some reason among other species in time immemorial, man follows the path called civilization. Of course, at different stages, man still differed little from animals. He could not speak, ate what he found and had no home. Then, in the first stage of his savage existence, he learned to make fire and eat fish. Later, he began to make crude tools for hunting and self-defense, and families united in tribes. Even later, he learned to make dishes for cooking and storing food. Nevertheless, man continued to remain in his primitive state.

The next step was what we call barbarism. People learned to grow plant foods and tame wild animals that possessed certain qualities useful to humans. Subsequently, they learned how to use metals such as iron and copper, and thus create better tools for hunting and defense. At the same time, people began to build their own homes. Already at the last stage of barbarism, man invented what became his main achievement, which determined the development of civilization. It was writing.

At that time, the first writing was drawings, but over time, alphabets began to appear in various places on the Earth. The reason why the invention of writing is considered to mark the beginning of civilization is that it was possible for man to preserve in writing the memory of past events and thus pass on his experience to others. All this time, people have been learning how to live in accordance with certain knowledge, in other words, how to create a management system. At the same time, the first ideas about good and evil, bad and good, that is, what is called morality, also arose.

When did all this happen? The beginning of the process is hidden in the depths of history and refers to the first days of human existence on Earth. The appearance of signs of the first stages of civilization dates back to the sixth millennium BC. e.

Author: Likum A.

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Most of us believe that we only cry when we are sad. But did you know that a person actually cries about 250 million times during their lifetime?

Let's see how it goes. Our eyelids are a kind of curtains of skin folds that can be raised and lowered with the help of muscles. These curtains move so fast that they do not interfere with our view at all. We don't even notice it. In fact, our eyelids open and close every 6 seconds.

Each eye has a special gland located at the outer corner of the eye, ducts through which tears enter the upper eyelid, channels through which tears flow from the outside of the eye.

With each blink, the tear ducts open to moisten the cornea of the eye. But, from a mechanical point of view, when we cry, the same thing happens.

Have you watched people laugh to tears? The reason for this is that with strong laughter, the muscles squeeze the glands, and tears begin to flow.

Everyone knows what can make us cry without causing us any sad emotions. Of course it's an onion! It contains special volatile substances that irritate our eyes. Tears also perform a kind of protective function, washing out this irritant. The same thing happens with smoking. We involuntarily cry, protecting, clearing our eyes.

And finally, why do we cry when we experience sad emotions? Man is the only creature that cries to express emotions. Just a thought can make a sensual person cry about it.

This is what happens when our emotions don't find expression in words. They are looking for a way out in the mechanism of the formation of tears. This is a reflex that does not depend on us. Its reason is that our body itself manifests those feelings that we cannot or do not want to express in words.

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