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Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > History
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Egyptian civilization is second to none, discuss?
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On 1Dec06 cybrwurm say:
 I would tend to agree with this proposition. In terms
of national / regional history alone, it is certainly 2nd
to none. Something like - oh, maybe - 35,000 years!
And its list of inventions and accomplishments is also
VERY impressive; including such things as - oh
maybe - BEER!!! ... and .... btw, the first person who
just happens to be the world's first historical individual!
... who just happens to be the world's first historical
prophet ... who just happens to be the Black Pharaoh
of Egypt, the great king Akh-en-Aton ... who was
murdered by those slimey priests and their cronies
just because he wanted to "change things"! ... Yeah,
so is Egyptian civilization second to none? . . . Duhhh
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Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > Philosophy >
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> On 3Dec Snape the potions master asks:
> Does history repeat its self,
> or do people repeat history?
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cybrwurm answers:
 History does tend to run in cycles most of the time;
4X: day & night, winter & summer, birth and death,
planting & harvest, and so on ... but I can't say that
history actually repeats itself because it would be
far better to say that 'history never repeats itelf'.
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 This is because although the same themes endure
(4X: the struggle for power, and for control over
the hearts and minds of the people), the historical
process itself is constantly changing as more and
more people are caught up in the grand evolutionary
process of universal rationalization. Thus history
changes people, and because people change, history
changes right along with them. A, B, C, D, Easy! :)
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 As for people repeating history ... I would say that
people often repeat the same mistakes over and
over again; but this is chiefly because most people
are simply incapable of learning anything from the
past. If you understand all this, then you'll soon
come to appreciate the value of studying history: ie.
it tells us where we came from *AND* who we are!
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Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > Philosophy >
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> On 3Dec ericia m asks :
> What is the dialectical process of history?
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cybrwurm answers:
 The most famous example of a dialectical process
of history is Dialectical Materialism; which is the
philosophical basis of Marxism. DM is an ideological
system that results from a synthesis of dialectics
and materialism (ie. historical materialism).
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 Thus DM asserts that history is the product of class
conflict, and this on-going struggle between the
classes expresses the ideas of thesis and its anti-
thesis as they meet in battle, finally merging into
a greater synthesis that incorporates both elements.
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 Of course, this new synthesis then becomes a new
thesis that gives rise to a new antithesis, eventually
leading to yet another . . . synthesis! :)
And so on and so forth.
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 Actually, Marx "borrowed" most of these ideas from
a previous philosopher, called Hegel, whose dialectics
were intended to explain the development and
growth of human history in the most general, and
even universal, sense.
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Sources: Search 'dialectical materialism' and 'Hegel'
in Wikipedia, the *free* online encyclopedia.
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Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > Philosophy >
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> On 3Dec m-ria asks: Do historians lie.
> Does truth exist and what is truth and subjectivity?
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cybrwurm answers:
 Do historians lie? Sometimes they lie, sometimes they
make mistakes, and sometimes they are just ignorant
of the "big picture". In other words, don't believe every-
thing you read, just because it's in a history book!
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 Does truth exist? Of course it does!
If truth didn't exist, how could we possibly
recognize a lie when it hits us?!
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Yahoo! Answers > Arts & Humanities > History >
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> On 9Dec06 Sean S asks:
> Who Was The First SIGNIFICANT Person?
> who was the first significant person???(By Date)
> Sargon The Great???2330 B.C
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cybrwurm answers:
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There are many significant men in the earliest days of
human civilization. Many of these amazing men are
largely unknown to the limited vision of history; for our
knowledge of people and events prior to the common
era is spotty at best. Most are little more than strange
names carved into stone. Recorded history began as
something as straight-forward as a list of great battles
and conquests. History was born as the history of war!
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 Here are just a few of those great kings and warriors
who take up most of the space at the dawn of history:
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Adam - this person doesn't really belong on this list
since he is *very* legendary and mythical in nature.
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-3500 to -3001
King Menes the Fighter - when the time finally came
right he united Upper and Lower Egypt.
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-3000 to -2501
the Sage Kings of China.
Zoser - king of 3rd Egyptian dynasty (-2780 to -2720).
Cheops - king of Egyptian dynasty 4 (-2700 to -2675).
Mis-anni-padda - king of Ur, the first historical ruler
of Mesopotamia.
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-2500 to 2001
Lugalzaggisi - king of Uruk, and 'King of the Countries'
(-2400 to -2350).
Sargon the Great - first king of the Akkadian dynasty
(-2350 to -2100), and 'King of the Four Quarters'.
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-2000 to -1501
Hammurabi - king of Babylonia (18C), sets the laws of
the kingdom down in writing, and thus creates the first
"independent" legal system!
Cecrops - first king of Attica (in Greece).
Amenhotep I - Pharaoh of Egypt (-1555 to -1530).
Thutmose I - Pharaoh of Egypt (-1530 to -1515).
Hatshepsut - Queen of Egypt (up to -1480).
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-1500 to -1001
Amenhotep III - Pharaoh of Egypt (-1420 to -1385),
one of the few good kings in history, under his peaceful
reign trade and culture flourished.
Amenhotep IV - the revolutionary Pharaoh Ikhnaton
(-1385 to -1358), as the world's first prophet, and first
historical personality, he wrote the 'Hymns to Aton'
and created the world's first monotheistic religion!
Moses the prophet - Egyptian exile who "receives"
the 10 commandments at Mount Sinai (c. -1280).
Tiglath-pileser - founds Assyrian empire and conquers
Babylon (-1116 to -1077).
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Wow! That's about as bare-bones as you can get, eh? :)
But even this primitive sketch has some interesting
features about it that merit some attention. Please note
that Hammurabi is the first (named) man to make a
positive contribution to the larger process of universal
rationalization; ie. with his written laws, an accomplish-
ment that is repeated in an even more powerful way
(ie. for Israel) by the Egyptian prophet Moses. If you
wish to know which of these august personages is the
one who is the MOST significant ... Well, I'd have to say
that it could only be the Black Pharaoh Akh-en-Aton!
[See my website for all the juicy details as to why]
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Sources: The Timetables of History: A Horizontal
Linkage of People and Events (1975)
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Yahoo! Questions / Arts & Humanities > History / Feb07
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Who and/or What was Thomas Jefferson?
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Of course, TJ the man was many things in his own life
and times; but what does history make of him? Does he
still influence people's hearts and thinking after all
these decades? What aspect about him is most important,
or concerns you the most?
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> MadforMAC answers: Yes, he does still influence
> people because many visit his beautiful home
> Montecello in Virginia. It is really spectacular. He
> also influences people in politics with what he did
> for this country. He however was human and made some
> mistakes that were shameful. He fathered a child
> from one of his slaves. The fact he kept slaves too
> was shameful.
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Well, I'm not happy with any of these answers, folks.
None of these answers is acceptable, let alone worthy of
a best answer award. Come on people, put a little effort
into it. Is there no one here who knows the true
significance of Jefferson? ... Clue --> think plato!
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Okay, M4M I'm giving you the "best" answer ...
Not because I agree with you - I most certainly don't -
but only because your answer was very *slightly* less
repulsive than the others; at least you made some small
effort to say something. Unfortunately for you it was
the wrong thing to say. Who are you to heap shame on a
man like Jefferson? You would be very lucky indeed if
you're even half the man he was ... Shame on you!
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P.S. The answer I was looking for (ie. the *right*
answer) is: TJ = one of Plato's philosopher-kings!
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- the almost disapointed one - cybrwurm ;>
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