Friday, May 15, 2020

Timeline

The Western historical perspective has the five major eras of human history, which are called Paleolithic, Neolithic, Ancient, Classical, and Modern. Paleolithic period refers to the "Old Stone Age," meaning "ancient cultural stage, or level, of human development, characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools." Neolithic period is "New Stone Age," which refers to the meaning of its cultural evolution's final stage or "technological development among prehistoric humans." It was also characterized by stone tools, which shaped by domesticated plants or animals. An ancient period is "having had an existence of many years." The classical period is are generally accepted in Western music between 1730 and 1820. The modern period refers to "the modern era or the modern period," which is a global approach to "the time frame that comes post the classical history," in the 20th century. 

The three additional eras of Cosmic, Gaiac, and Ecozoic. Cosmic is the word "relating to the cosmos." It forms "a part of the material universe, especially outside of the earth." The word root of the cosmos is "a combining form meaning 'world,' 'universe', used in the formation of compound words." Gaiac is a French word that has an English meaning, called "lignum vitae." The Gaia is "the hypothesis that the living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system in such a single organism." This is a way that the living components maintain the atmosphere so as to be comfortable living for humans. Eco- is the word root refers to the "environment." Ecozoic is the era that "was coined by Thomas Berry in conversation with Brian Swimme for their book The Universe Story in order to describe the geologic era that Earth is entering - when humans live in a mutually enhancing the relationship with Earth and the Earth community." 


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  1. Oliver Q.May 16, 2020 at 5:36 PM

    Hi Chen,

    Thanks for the source to find Gaiac as I was having trouble specifically looking for an "era". Looking forward to hearing more from you in class. Good luck and take care.

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