Refelction of Theme

November 13, 2007

The theme that I chose was the development and interaction of cultures, which I believe was expressed greatly throughout this unit. Especially since this was the unit where we started to learn about religion, and how it affected people, and the development of civilizations. For example there was Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, and polytheistic religions, which often related gods to nature(some of these were just philosophies, not religions). These religions provided order, explained the unexplainable, unity, and it often provided moral guidelines. For advances in technology there was the wheel, bronze, writing systems, and stone tools.