Ancient Civilizations :: History

While reading chapter one in our text book, I intentional about the ancient civilizations that are no longer around. I sight how different their cultures were from ours today. However, those are the foundations of who we are. Starting with the Paleolithic people, they were the groundwork for all(prenominal) humankind. aliveness for them was basic and simple. They didn?t wake up and wonder what they were going to wear. The custody were hunters and gatherers, and the women were caregivers and producers. That is a theme relevant to even today. (men being dominant, etc?). As I read on, valet de chambre began to evolve after years and years. Soon humans were able to build structures using the post and lintel system. It seems the much we evolved the more we learned, and the more survival of the fittest played a part in the cultivation of humans. I found the story of Gilgamesh very interesting. The fact he was desire immortality but unable to attain it, represent humans always s catty things they can?t have. This is something everyone can relate to. It also incorporated the photoflood/ark part which I thought might have a affiliation with Noah?s ark ? especially since the time periods were very similar. One thing that sparked my curiosity, was how all of the ancient civilizations use hieroglyphics or symbols to communicate in writing. Today, many countries and cultures do not. They use the letters for their words and phrases. In fact, hieroglyphics is not really used in any place. The closest thing is probably Hebrew and Arabic which were derived from the ancient civilizations. Although not in America so much, religion is all the same a prevalent factor in cultures today just ilk they were in Egypt and Babylon. The old Kingdom had a very interesting method acting of ?judgement.? The Book of Dead was the evaluation was a huge part of their lives. resembling to our judgments found in some religions today. I think the middle commonwealth was a time to learn and discover new theories and methods and time to epithet out what works and what doesn?t. Prince Mentuhotep II was the leader and reunited Upper and lower Egypt. This was a great accomplishment because it brought peace and enabled the culture to prosper. The impression I got from the previous(a) Kingdom to New, was that the old kingdom maintained traditions in the books.