Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

"There are many humorous things in the world, and among them white people think he is not barbarous like other barbarians" (Twain, 213). In Mark Twain's quotation, people can easily replace the concept of civilization with barbarous words after "equator: a round-the-world trip". Because this phrase is very different, there is room for personal interpretation, so it is difficult to define civilization firmly and effectively. In order to better understand the complexity of defining civilization we are going to examine some of its uses as a tool to justify the limitations of traditional term definitions and the rules of local people .

In high fidelity era, cultures around the world actually accept noise. They regard it as equivalent to a spiritual experience, or at least an important message. Exchange of God and thunder, earthquake, avalanche - Even the believers of Jesus heard the word of God. By expanding, the early Christian community made the church the center (and the most resonant) part of the community. The bell was furious with the silence of authority and drew a civilization against the wilderness. Shaffer called these early philosophers' voice "sacred noise."

This is the anniversary that Captain Cook discovered around the world this year. It is difficult to choose a catalyst to start this exploration, and it is easy to think that the next is just a step in a large series of events, but we have to start a story somewhere not. 250 years ago on February 16, 1768 the Royal Society of London claimed to King England to fund scientific events to observe the passage of Venus across the sun in 1769. In this memorial to George III researchers made suggestions. Perhaps the most important thing, the number of websites all over the world, somewhere in the south sea under the equator