Document 3: Excerpt from Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front, a memoir of World War I written in 1929
I am young. I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality
cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly,
foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another. I see that the keenest brains of the world invent weapons and
words to make it yet more refined and enduring. And all men of my age, here and over there, throughout the
whole world see these things, all my generation is experiencing these things with me. What would our fathers
do if we suddenly stood up and came before them and proffered our acerunt? What do they expect of us if a
time ever comes when the war is over? Through the years our business has been killing: -- it was our first
calling in life. Our knowledge of life is limited to death. What will happen afterwards? And what shall come out
of us?
5. What effect did World War 1 have on the soldier in this document?

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before there were tanks, machine guns, windmills, and solar panels, the first civilizations emerged that create the history of humanity which provided the larger context for western civilization. uses of weaponry and technology were used very differently in the ancient civilizations than they are today. relating back to the times of the ancient mesopotamian civilization, technology kept advancing throughout the ancient egyptian civilization into the ancient greek civilization, and then finally the ancient roman civilization. as techniques and strategies were past down from civilization to civilization, each shared its own similarities, as well as varied differences. one trait they had in common was to commit violence and economically overpower one another. technology has ultimately advanced due to the knowledge transferred from generation to generation. uses of sophisticated weaponry and devices have created more opportunity for warfare and improvement in the work place. ancient civilizations became more powerful due to the advancements of technology. technology did not only create the use of violence, but it also the economies grow and become stronger, because production of trading goods rose like never before. the rivers, such as the nile, tigris, and euphrates all flourished, as well as destructed civilizations. each civilization had different uses for these rivers, however, some benefited more than others. when analyzing ancient civilizations, there   are things you must understand

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