How Did Ancient Civilization Contributed To Today's Society

Mesopotamia was a decentralized civilization, and resulted with many rulers leading the many city-states within the empire. Due to the many wars occurring within, kings were originally war leaders, and the function of defense and war, including leadership of a trained army, remained vital. Due to being many rulers within the empire, there were many internal conflicts, let alone the outside ones, which resulted in Mesopotamia further advanced its empire by developing ideas for a bureaucracy and laws, by using Hammurabi’s code. It laid down the procedure for law courts and regulated property rights and duties of family members, setting harsh punishments for crimes. This focus on standardizing a legal system was one of the features of early civilization. Also, the political structure there was enforced by none other than the Sumerians, which can be seen in many similar ideas and traits passed on today’s modern

After the Neolithic Revolution people had the opportunity to settle as they pleased. This allowed for the development of civilizations. These civilizations had rulers, during the 18th century BCE Hammurabi was the King of Babylon. He ruled over ancient Mesopotamia and established a set of rules for his nation. Hammurabi claimed that Shamash, the god of heaven and earth, had given him these rules and the authority to carry them out. Hammurabi’s Code included two hundred and eighty-two laws that set a structure for the city-state of Mesopotamia. Family matters, property law, and even personal matters were ruled unfairly under Hammurabi’s Code.

Babylonia, the earliest advanced civilization in Mesoamerica was brought out of disappear, destruction, and diversity by King Hammurabi. Babylonia remained a productive and profitable empire until the fall shortly after Hammurabi died in 1708 B.C.E. Babylon first appeared in 2305 B.C.E with divided cities, constant wars and conflicts, each controlled by a different set of rulers, governmental regulations, and economic standards. This beautiful, ancient city at the top of the Persian Gulf brought great advancements to future civilizations. These advancements were the result of King Hammurabi and the developments made during his reign. Hammurabi created a set of laws to ensure the success of the empire, which created a stabilized society. Although some say the Hammurabi code was cruel, unfair, created injustice, Hammurabi’s legal code allowed for a tremendous change in the way civilizations structured daily life.

The first civilizations and the rise of empires began with small groups or villages existing with the use of hunting, fishing, and foraging. (William J. Duiker and Jackson J. Spielvogel, World History, vol. 1, 1) Within a few thousand years, people learned how to cultivate food crops and this led to an increase in population. Increased food production resulted in larger communities. The cities began to expand their cultural and religious developments leading to the beginnings of civilization. (Duiker, World History, 1) The first civilizations emerged in Mesopotamia and Egypt during the fourth and third millennia B.C.E and had various components in common. Each of these civilizations was established in a river valley so they were able to provide and produce the agricultural resources needed to survive and uphold the population. (Duiker, World History, 1) Mesopotamia developed in the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates River known as “the land between the rivers.” These rivers provided irregular and catastrophic flooding for the city-state. They created an intensive irrigation system to improve their agriculture. The first people to create Mesopotamian civilization were known as the Sumerians. These people were the first city builders and created the major city’s named Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Umma, and Lagash. These cities were built with surrounding walls and defense towers. A six-mile-long wall enclosed the city of Uruk. Mesopotamia lacked

Approximately 4,000 years ago Hammurabi, the King of Babylon, created 282 laws that were eventually put together to create Hammurabi’s Code. His code was the basis of guidelines that people were expected to follow. Hammurabi also became the ruler of Mesopotamia, the world’s first civilization where his code influenced the way people lived. Hammurabi’s Code tells us about how communication was changed by cuneiform writing, how Hammurabi lead his people politically and how currency affected trade in Babylonian Society.

Ancient India has affected the modern world in various ways. Several Ancient Indian religions such as Buddhism, created by Siddhartha Gautama, are still utilized today. Also, there are 3 billion Hindus worldwide. This proves that religions created by the Indians have still continued to exist today. Factors such as sciences relating to metals and inoculation have impacted even the United States. The Ancient Indians created some useful tools that we use in current times. Ancient India’s culture and achievements impacts the modern world through medical advances, religion, and scientific discoveries.

The achievements of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley included technological advancements and increased government direction and organization. These civilizations had lasting impacts on humanity by being the building blocks for later societies’ structures, both architectural and legal. One of the accomplishments of the three aforementioned ancient societies was the increased development of technology. In southern Mesopotamia, the technological innovations were majorly centered around the building of cities. Document 1 states that “... they used mud bricks to build walled cities, temples, and palaces.

One feature that made Ancient Mesopotamia an advanced civilization was the creation of law. According to Document 1, Hammurabi wrote and issued his code of laws in 1,770 B.C. Hammurabi created a justice system to bring order, and to protect those who were weaker than others. According to Document 6, Hammurabi stated in the Prologue, “Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers, so that the strong should not harm the

Have you ever wondered where some of the things we use every day come from? Well, everything around us from the roads, the calendars, to the columns on the White House are ancient inventions that we use everyday. Ancient civilizations from the Eastern Hemisphere have invented these items. Some of the inventions that they made change our daily lives. Three inventions that impact our lives today are architecture, the calendar, and the roads invented by Romans.

Ancient Asia is famous for the contributions of the Tang, Song, Mongol empire, and the Ming dynasties made to society, and to the belief to Asia made more contributions society than Africa. The first reason I believe that Asia made more contributions society than Africa, is that a vast majority of ancient Asia’s inventions, writings, and ideas still exist and are modernized. Secondly, ancient Asia was the most productive civilization with new technology and intellectual ideas and writing. Lastly, in ancient Asia there were more religions within just those three empires and dynasties than ancient Africa. That is why I believe Asia made more contributions society than Africa.

The Mesopotamian people valued a strict, rules-oriented society. This can be seen by examining the Mesopotamian social classes, government and job specialization. In The Code of Hammurabi, created by the King of Babylon in 1780 B.C.E. it was evident that there were rules for every thing, and every thing you do has a consequence. The Mesopotamian life style was very rigid; this lifestyle can lead to disputes and outbreaks, which can have negative consequences in society.

Another great ruler was King Hammurabi of Babylon. He set up the Code of Hammurabi, which includes 300 sections of carefully organized codes that ruled the Babylonians. Hammurabi was the first example of a lawgiver. He provided one of the greatest written documents of his time: a stone column with a long series of legal judgments published with his name. Hammurabi even designed codes for the family life. He took care of the women and children in his society. He regulated marriage with care to secure a stable life for future generations. He combined both law and religious belief to create an ordered society. The Mesopotamians built on foundations laid by the Sumerians using their sexagesimal system. They had multiplication tables, exponents, tables for computing interest, and textbooks with problems for solution. They also developed systems of astrology and astronomy, and even created a lunar calendar.

Many ancient civilizations have changed the way we live today. Sumerians invented the first language, Hammurabi invented the first set of laws, Egyptians created pyramids, and so many other ways that ancient people made the building blocks of the way our society lives today. It amazes me how God gave us brains to figure out ways to make life so much easier!

Ancient Greece is a time of beauty and a great change in society; one that will live on to this day. The days of the gods and goddesses that ruled over what the people did on a daily basis. Ancient Greece often plays a part of how most societies are brought up today. It influences the architecture we build today, such as momentums, statues, and other buildings. Their literature is still being passed down generations to generations as the years go on.

Babylonian civilization is considered as one of the most important civilizations in the ancient world. The Babylonians took and developed everything after the Sumerians civilization especially in the spiritual realm and in the field of building an integrated civilization. The earlier civilizations had big role in the Babylonians civilization period when Babylonians took all the cuneiform writing, mathematical and astronomical knowledge, in addition to that the method of building cities, dams and etc. they improved all of them. The development of knowledge continued by Babylonian where the Sumerians stop, and the Babylonian built an empire for themselves on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the southern part of Sumer (Iraq). "The first Amuriyahian family has ruled over Babylon in the period (1830- 1530 BC), when Babylon was a mini-states at the time." Then the greatest king of Babylonian Hammurabi appeared in the seventeenth century BC. He established a famous group of laws known by (Hammurabi code).Also he was the king who united this petty States and achieved an important architectural movement in the city of Babylon.