CULTURE ?

• (CARLA) definition of culture:

The shared patterns of behaviours and interactions, cognitive

constructs, and affective understanding that are learned through a
process of socialization
HISTORY OF WESTERN CULTURE
• Prehistoric (before c. 3000 B.C.E.)
Visual culture (e.g. paintings)
Writing
Neolithic revolution
• Ancient (c. 3000 B.C.E. to c. 400 C.E.)
Philosophy
Mathematics
Theatre
Roman Empire
HISTORY OF WESTERN CULTURE
• Middle Ages (c. 400 C.E. to c. 1400 C.E.)
Art and literature
Christianity
Islam
Strata (classes)
• Renaissance (c. 1400 to 1600):
Printing press
Scientific Revolution
Protestant Reformation
HISTORY OF WESTERN CULTURE
• Early Modern (c. 1600 – 1800)
National boundaries
European colonization
Suffrage (rights to vote)