TTC【双语字幕版】：西方文明的基础（S01E01：西方，文明，基础）

Neolithic (Neos + Lithos, new stone) Revolution 9,000-10,000 years ago

The Neolithic Revolution has generated cities and civilization. 5,000 years ago

Mesopotamia between rivers Tigris and Euphrates

Neolithic Developments:

Agriculture and the domestication of animals

• Irrigation
• Specialization of labor
• Political Differentiation
• Arts and Crafts
• Writing

Meanings of "Foundations"

1. Origins
2. Durability
3. Revivals

Themes of the Course:

1. Ecology, geography, and climate
2. Visible structures and invisible ideologies
3. Pagan religious beliefs; Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Abrahamic faiths)
4. How people lived
5. Philosophical ideas
6. Great works of literature
7. Art and architecture
8. The different between celebrities and distinction
9. The distinction between values and virtues
10. The good, the true, and the beautiful: aesthetics
11. The complementary and competing roles of faith and reason
12. The competing claims of the individual and the community