Richard’s Bulliet
Richard Bulliet is a retired professor of history from the University of California at Berkeley. Richard is a history enthusiast, and his research focused majorly on Islamic history and the history of Iran and the Middle East. Richard Bulliet’s, through his course, History of the World to 1500 CE,” critiques the account of history after 1500CE. The course is purposed to discuss the rapid growth in the teaching of history. In the course, Richard discusses three different approaches to the history growth; the level of the portrayal textbook, the level of Theoretical – concepts, and the level of research developed through discussion sections (Richard 2010). History of the world to 1500 CE gives a chronological order of events that occur in the process of civilization.
Richard Argues that the first classic civilization of early man begins with River valley civilization. River Valley civilization refers to Egypt and Mesopotamia Where there is the first evidence of written materials. The river valley is also associated with the origin of religion with religious practices evidence dating back to 5500 BCE (Richard 2010). The domestication of animals and plants in the river Valley began around 4000BCE. Indications of first written historical material, Agricultural practices, and religious practices suggest that River valley was the beginning of human civilization.
Classical civilizations, according to Richard, are the firm foundation upon which the new civilizations are built. The early civilizations of humans were characterized by; simple governments, specialization of jobs, religion, reading, and writing (Richard 2010). The rise of an elaborate government and extensive agricultural production led to the establishment of empires such as Rome and Greece.
To sum up the course or Richard, it’s clear that the classical civilization of humans happened before 1500 BCE. The evidence from the river valley all point out that new civilized empires all grew from the ancient civilizations.