The difference in Monotheism compared to polytheism is that monotheism is the belief that only one God exists and that God demands a high standard of personal and societal behavior. Even though this issue is still disputed to this day, the monotheistic thought changed the early Western Civilization for the better. With the collapse of Akkadian rule, Polytheism was at its last leg and with the help of Moses and the beginning of Christianity, Monotheism changed the Western Civilization, bringing new thoughts
of the traditional worshipping practices. Zarathustra brought about the idea of one all-powerful deity creating monotheism. Zarathustra also created the idea of the power struggle between good and evil, Truth and lies creating the first religion that had its followers be ethical. Zarathustra’s teachings influenced most of the major religions of the modern world. His belief of monotheism set the stage for religions like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Zarathustra’s teaching of a good and evil are
Ancient Egypt civilization contributed in many aspects within Western Civilization. They helped change culture, art, and religion through the three phases of Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom. Each phase grows with every contribution aspect as they discover and establish more. They evolve themselves because of the fast developing culture, art, and religion. Their contributions helped shape and stabilized their own and other societies. First in history came the Old Kingdom from 2630 BC
This categorization is simply made based on how historically and culturally different the “two worlds” are. What we call the Western world or the Occident and Eastern World or the Orient is actually contextual. In the context of religion, the Western would include the part of the world whose cultures have evolved with the roots in the antique civilizations of Roman and Greek cultures and lots of historical events such as the Renaissance, Reformation, the Cold War etc. These cultures nowadays
when we discuss a regional identity such as Kenya. The delicate relationship between architecture and identity remains undiscovered. This search for identity is supposed to follow a consistent line, and care should be exercised, not to see through Western theories that follow-up. The strength of the architecture to represent the local require a thorough