¶ … Ancient, Early Church, Middle Ages, and Renaissance Civilizations to the Contemporary Western Civilization
Two primary civilizations had emerged to form the first civilization of mankind -- that of the Mesopotamia, and Egyptian civilizations. Although other important civilizations had been formed during the ancient times such as the Sumerian and Akkadian empires, the important contributions and use of innovations and progress of the three aforementioned civilizations had influenced and developed the Western Civilization of today, thus, the focus of this paper will be on the contributions of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilization to the present civilization of mankind.
One of the primary contributions of the ancient civilization to the Western civilization is the development of a water irrigation system. Through the development of water irrigation system, the Mesopotamians were able to cultivate plants as their food, giving way to the development of agriculture. The need to establish laws regarding irrigation control and management as well as the growing prosperity of the Mesopotamian civilization gave way to the formulation of laws, and Mesopotamians began forming 'armies,' or a group of warriors to defend themselves from invaders who want to take-over their prosperous civilization. Through this, the legal and military systems, as well as technological innovation such as the water irrigation, and the development of agriculture became the major contributions of the Mesopotamian civilization to the Western civilization.
Egyptian, or the Nile civilization, also contributed numerous innovations to Western civilization, particularly in the area of religion and the arts. Since the Egyptian civilization had not encountered water problems in their agriculture because of the presence of Nile...
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