UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN.

FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA MECÁNICA Y ELÉCTRICA

ENGLISH CULTURE
FUNDAMENTAL ACTIVITY 4:
Aspects of English Culture that have
influenced the development of humanity

Ricardo Antonio Navarro Pineda #1791594

Professor: M.C. Edgar Fernando Arroyo Reyna
Group: 041
Time: L, M , V - N4

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 FUNDAMENTAL
ACTIVITY 4:
Aspects of English Culture
that have influenced the
development of humanity

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 INTRODUCTION

• On this presentation i will show you how the English culture

has influenced the mankind in different aspects since the
literatury to the science and other aspects that maybe you
don’t know that was related to the English culture.

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 THE ORIGIN OF FOOTBALL

In the sports world, England is not far behind; It is the

mother nation of football, cricket and rugby, in addition to
being the creator of the bases of many of the current
regulations in other sports disciplines.

In addition to this, they are home to internationally

recognized competitions in various sports branches, such as
the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, which is considered the
biggest challenge in the race for a professional tennis player.

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 ENGLAND ARCHITECTURE
Architecture exists from the moment when the human being decided to
design a shelter to live safely. We do not know exactly what that date was,
but we do have evidence of different creations that date back to times of
thousands of years ago.

Particularly, on the English terrain we find the Stonehenge monument,

which is located near Amesbury and, it is believed, dates from between
2500 BC and 2000 BC.

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 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The great transformations of the Industrial Revolution had their origin in the United
Kingdom.

Since its foundation, the United Kingdom has been at the forefront of scientific and
technological advances, as well as in research and development. The Royal Society is
the oldest scientific society in the United Kingdom, and one of the oldest in the world.
During its more than 300 years of history, it has been responsible for promoting,
protecting and disseminating knowledge and science in the country and throughout
the world. Within this society participated several scientists who contributed to the
advancement of their respective areas of knowledge; These include: Robert Boyle,
John Wallis, Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, Thomas Willis, among others.

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 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

The poet, playwright and actor is considered one of the most

important writers of English literature. He lived between the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, during the height of the
Elizabethan era.

Some of his works are "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "Dream of a

summer night", "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth" and the
"Merchant of Venice". His production of tragedies and comedies was
prolific. His first writings began to appear in 1594, it is estimated that
from that moment until approximately 1611, he made two per year.

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 QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The British monarch succeeded her father, King George VI, in 1952. Her 62
years on the throne have made her one of the longest queens in the
crown, has been surpassed only by Victoria, who held the throne for 63
years .

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 THE BEATLES

The well-known rock band from Liverpool, England,

was formed in the sixties and is considered one of
the most important musical groups of the last
decades. Its members were Paul McCartney, John
Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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 FOLK STORIES

Among the typical folklore stories is King Arthur or the story

of Robin Hood, as well as the figure of the magician Merlin.

These are stories known throughout the world, and whose

characters have appeared in endless adaptations. But it's
not just them, the giants, fairies, dwarves, goblins and trolls
also make an appearance.

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 BRITISH EMPIRE

From the 16th century until 1949 the United Kingdom expanded through
colonization and treaties and reached more than 29 million km2.

The subjects of the British crown totaled more than 450 million people, that is, a
quarter of the world's population at that time. It was the most extensive empire in
history.

However, since the beginning of the twentieth century anti-colonial processes began
in various dominated territories. World War II weakened the United Kingdom
economically and militarily, which accelerated the process of decolonization.

Currently the United Kingdom has only 14 overseas territories, mostly small islands
with small populations.

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 PHILOSOPHY

The United Kingdom is famous for the tradition of "British empiricism," a branch of
the philosophy of knowledge that indicates that the only valid knowledge is that
which is proven by experience; and of the "Scottish Philosophy," which is sometimes
called "the Scottish school of common sense.“

The most famous philosophers of British empiricism are: John Locke, George
Berkeley and David Hume, while Dugald Stewart, Thomas Reid and William Hamilton
were the main exponents of the Scottish school of common sense. Britain is also
notable for a theory of moral philosophy, utilitarianism, first used by Jeremy
Bentham and later by John Stuart Mill, in his homonymous work Utilitarianism. Other
eminent philosophers from the United Kingdom and the states that preceded it
include Duns Scoto, John Lilburne, Mary Wollstonecraft, Francis Bacon, Adam Smith,
Thomas Hobbes, William of Ockham, Bertrand Russell and Alfred Jules Yesterday.

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 PUBS

The British meet with friends to have drinks at public

houses, better known as pubs. They are a symbol of social
life in the United Kingdom, where people eat, drink, talk
and relax. Traditionally they always closed at 23.00 but since
2001 they can request a license to open until 24.00, so it is
easy to find pubs open after 23.00. And remember, you
always pay at the bar as soon as you ask, nothing to ask
about the account before you leave.

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 CONCLUSIONS

• After made this activity I learned about how many things are
related to the English culture, this maybe is related to the
imperialism expansion that this country had, and the
presence of the soldiers in so many other country's, but
anyways the legacy and the influence of this country has
been good for the mankind progress

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 BIBLIOGRAPHY

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