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The Contribution of each country to civilization.

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Indian literature is believed to be the oldest in the world. The Shruti literature, is concerned with "revealed or the heard." The Smriti, is concerned with "that which is remembered." Indians also indulge in other literary forms. The Shakuntala written by Kalidasa is the first famous drama of India.

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Indian visual arts were first discovered in primitive cave or rock painting. These paintings usually depict animals and scenes of human activities in the ancient times such as hunting.

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India has numerous classical dance styles. The oldest is the Natyashastra from which all the other Indian classical dance styles are derived from.

Indian music was actually tended to be sacred and temples serve as places for practice to please their god and devotees.

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Indian architecture began with the Harappan civilization. The Harappan "Great Baths" and urban planning skills proved them to be skilled in construction

Islamic architecture embraces bothe non-spiritual and religious forms. Islamic architecture and sculpture were influenced by the Roman, Byzantine, and Persian arts.

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Chess - the game has been known in India by the name Chatur-Anga, that is the four Angas or member of an army. The word "checkmate" was evidently from Shan Mat, which meant "the king is dead." The term Raksha is also used, which means a soldier "to protect."

Playing cards - originated in India and was known as Kindapatrams. The game was recorded to be one of the favourite past time of the royalty and nobility of tge Indian Royalty Courts.

Martial Arts - Ancient India claimed to have been the origin of judo and karate. Something similar to karate was called kalaripayate. This art travelled from India to other countries along with the Buddhist monks.

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Arabian horiculture gave rise to the production of different products in Europe. The Arabs were the ones responsible for the wine industries in Europe. Al-Filahat and Ibn al-Awam discovered the method of grafting, soil conditioning, and the curing of diseased vines and trees

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It was the Arabs who pioneered and improved the therapeutic arts of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. From Al-Razi came the invention of mercurial ointment and the use of animal gut for sutures or stitches.

Avicenna pioneered the study of mental health, and is presently considered as the forerunner of psychotherapists. Arab got to use herbal herbal medicines centuries ago.

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The astrolabe was used by the Arabs to record the exact time of sunrise and sunsets, to chart the period for fasting and time for praying.

Al-Biruni, an Arab also conclude the possibility of the earth's rotation on it's own axis.

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The Arabic numeral and the Arab zero provided new solutions for complex mathematical problem. Arab decimal system simplified a course in Science.

Algebra also came from Arabs who also made advances in trigonometry. The law of inheritance from the Koran motivated the invention of algebra by Al-khwarizmi.

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Arab crafts are usually shown on wall coverings. These wall coverings include intricately designed mosaics, tiles, carving and paintings.

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* Primitive-tribal people having cultural similarities with their early ancestors
* Murals-a painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall.
* Horticulture- garden cultivation and management.
* mudra- hand gesture used in ceremonies and statuary, and in Indian dance.
* Shruti literature-  product of divine revelation

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Turks

Persians

Syrians

Arabs

Indians

Islam

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Analyze the contributions of the South an Western nations of Asia in :
- literature
- architecture
- sculpture
- painting
- music
- dance
-sports

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To explain the effects of the South and West Asian nations' beliefs, traditions, and philosophies on their contribution to civilizations

Analyze ideas that would be important in the development of the assigned task