Introduction
Civilization can be defined as the process of human development. You find that in almost every culture, people have undergone a stage of development like the other culture say the Chinese civilization, western civilization, and Indian civilization among others. Civilization in one way or the other share some similarities in traits which is of course part of human nature, like they may share some characteristics in the form of worship, mode of dressing among others.
Every human being participates in a culture defined by its beliefs, habits and values which actually constitute to the peoples way of life. Civilisation can also be distinguished from other cultures by their high levels of social complexity and organization and by their diverse economic and cultural values. In the early middle ages, most of the roman craft organizations formed religious confraternities. (Ali, 1978).
Chinese civilization
Chinese civilization is known to have taken about two thousand years old and its similar to the Indian civilization. The moral and material civilization on which the Chinese civilization was founded actually matured during the period from 1786-1223BC.The Chinese actually saw themselves as the great culture and viewed themselves as the only people who actually deserved respect and consideration in contrast to the other cultures who were seen as unworthy and deserved no respect at all. One thing is quite unique with the Chinese civilization in that it is purely Chinese and there was no influence from abroad whosoever.
These people are completely Chinese and do not have any influence from other cultures and that’s why they see themselves as the only culture which should be respected. China actually fell twice under foreign domination and its first time was at the hands of the Mongols while the second time was at the European invention. It is well known that the Mongols had a deep effect in the civilization of the china. In contrast, the western influential was so brutal that it shook the traditional foundations of the Chinese social fabric. China is the biggest country with the largest population and growth and hence as a result it occupies a prominent position in the international arena.
Chinese were actually interested in technological advances and that’s why actually the Chinese expanded so easily. China had two chances, to generate a continuing self-sustaining process of scientific and technological advance on the basis of its indigenous traditions and achievements and second to learn from European science and technology and this actually made them to develop. (Ali, 1978).
Islamic civilization
It is only Islam that is characterized by foundational ideal and a broad worldview containing them. Just like the Chinese empire, Islamic empire took 100 years to build and it is actually the shortest recorded period in history but in the process they came to consider the western culture as their societal mentor and hence eventually loosing their Islamic culture unlike the Chinese culture who did not have any influence from abroad buy they are purely Chinese.
During this period of middle age, traders of Islam world contributed enormously to the arts, agriculture, industry, economics, sciences and technology and adding many inventions and innovations of their own. Muslims produced a significant number of innovations and some of these inventions include camera obscura, soap bar, uric acid among others. Also a number of institutions were established by the Muslim culture, which actually made them to develop faster. (Schulze, 2000).
Conclusion
Every human being participates in a culture defined by its beliefs, habits and values which actually constitute to the peoples way of life. Civilisation can also be distinguished from other cultures by their high levels of social complexity and organization and by their diverse economic and cultural values. Chinese civilization in that it is purely Chinese and there was no influence from abroad whosoever.
These people are completely Chinese and do not have any influence from other cultures and that’s why they see themselves as the only culture which should be respected. It is only Islam that is characterized by foundational ideal and a broad worldview containing them. Just like the Chinese empire, Islamic empire took 100 years to build and it is actually the shortest recorded period in history
Reference
Ali, S (1978). The spirit of Islam: A history of the evolution and ideals of Islam, with a life of the prophet. London: Chatto and Windus.
Schulze, R (2000). A modern history of the Islamic world. Washington Square, NY: New York.