Mesopotamia Civilization
Influences of Mesopotamia Civlization
Phoenicians-The Phoenicians developed a maritime trading culture that expanded their influence from the Levant to North Africa, the Greek Isles, Sicily, and the Iberian Peninsula. Through contact and trade, they spread not only their alphabet but also their knowledge of viticultureand winemaking, including the propagation of several ancestral varieties of the Vitis vinifera species of wine grapes.
Sumerians-The Sumerians contributed by their ziggurats,without there ziggurats that they built in the early Asian Civilization to worship their gods we could not have built Holy places like Churches,Mosque and many more religious places to worship our God.
Hebrews-Hebrews on Asian Civilization only believed in one God religion now a days followed the Hebrew beliefs praising only one God.
Hebrews-Hebrews also influenced us in there alphabet Hebrew have there consonant and there numerical values and audio pronunciation that influenced us now a days in our alphabet.And we all use Alphabet in our everyday life.
Influences of Chinese Civilization to Japanese
- Language. The Japanese had no written language at the time of their first contact with the Chinese and their use of Chinese proved important for the purpose of political unification under the Japanese Emperor.
- Religion. Buddhism and Confucianism are important features of Chinese culture. As a systematic belief system, Buddhism forced the local Japanese religions, which were less coherent systems, to define themselves in relation to Buddhism. Confucianism, a systematic religious belief system, had a lot to say about governance and society and proved attractive for the Japanese. Consequently it had an important influence on Japanese culture.
- System of government. The method of organization of the Imperial Court, a significant element of ancient Chinese culture, was also adopted by the Japanese. The Japanese Imperial Court as well as its bureaucracy, including titles, ranks and functions, soon came to be modeled after Confucian principles. City-planning is also an aspect of Chinese culture borrowed by the Japanese. Kyoto and Nara, capital cities constructed along these lines, are examples. Several localities around these old capital cities reveal a system of fields and irrigation systems divided into even rectangles based on the ancient Chinese model of city planning. The use of a road system to hasten communication and control rebelling localities are also important features of this system of planning.
Indus River Civilization and Contribution
to the Modern World
-The Indus River Civilization had many contributions that shaped and formed our present day society. They had running water and drainage systems, standard weights and measures, metallurgy, a writing system, agriculture, care of animals and bronze weapons.
