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6. Select the main stages of the development of the civilization.
7. Highlight the functions of culture.
8. What sciences laid the foundations of the culturology?

9. Name the main cultural concepts.
References

1. Cultorology. Leslie White:

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/128/3333/1246.1
2. Andriuschenko. Cultural regionalistics: subject area and particularity
http://kukiit.ru/nauka/ts/english/culturology-3/

3. Bunge, Mario, (2009) Political Philosophy - Fact, Fiction and Vision,
Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick
4. Xintian, Yu (2005) “Cultural Factors In International Relations”, Chinese

Philosophical Studies. Archived 2010-04-10 at the Wayback Machine.
5. Xintian, Yu (2009),"Combining Research on Cultural Theory and International
Relations

Lecture II

CULTURE OF THE ANCIENT EAST

Plan

1. Distinguishing features of the culture of the Ancient East.

2. Culture of Ancient Egypt.

3. Culture of state formations in Mesopotamia.

1. Distinguishing features of the culture of the Ancient East

Culture of the Ancient East is one of the most important stages in the history
of mankind since during that time the ancient civilizations emerged. These were
the societies forming the first states with social differentiation, official religious

traditions, cities as the centers of culture and writing.
The term ‘Ancient East’ describes the first civilizations in the historical and
geographical terms. The same term ‘East’ is used here according to the antique

tradition because ‘East’ covered the territories located to the east of Rome that
belonged to the Mediterranean cultures. Right now the East comprises Central,

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