These four civilizations affected the world in many ways. In fact, some of their inventions are so great, they are still used and practiced these days, like written laws and languages from Mesopotamia, enormous buildings from Egypt, Buddhism and the number system from India, and finally, most of the inventions from China. Thanks to them, we can have thThe Contributions to the World
The four ancient River Valley Civilizations influenced the future civilizations with their wonderful inventions and technologies. The River Valley Civilizations were Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China. Mesopotamia had a written language, Egypt built the pyramids, India had medical advancements, and China had a philosophy called Confucianism. Their inventions were …show more content…
Their pyramids and hieroglyphics were very influential to the future civilizations. The pyramids built by the Egyptian kings of the Old Kingdom were to serve as houses or tombs for the dead kings. Those who built the pyramids first needed to learn the specialized skills of mathematics, geometry, engineering, and architecture. King Khufu was the king who built the biggest pyramid in the world, known as the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was built by more than 30,000 Egyptians for about 20 years. (Document 3) Shown in Document 4, hieroglyphics was a system of writing based on pictures that were invented by the Egyptians around 3200 BC. Unlike cuneiform, the writing system not only represented ideas or objects, but could also stand for sounds. Scholars believe that the Egyptians needed 4-5 years of training to become scribes, who could read and write in hieroglyphics. Without these amazing creations, there wouldn’t have been any great buildings or written languages at …show more content…
Its two major empires were the Mauryan Empire and the Gupta Empire and their advancements affected other civilizations very much. The Mauryan Empire was founded by Chandragupta Maurya and it became one of the largest empires in the world, and certainly, the largest in India. Missionaries spread Buddhism throughout the empire during this period. Many developments were made in mathematics, science, art, literacy, logic, philosophy, religion, engineering, etc. in the Gupta empire, and it is considered the golden age of India. Some of its inventions are so incredible, that they are still used today, such as the number system. (Document 7) In Document 8, it shows how the Gupta Empire had many medical achievements in which they used different kinds of herbs and other remedies to treat illness and simple plastic surgeries to repair facial injuries. Vaccination for smallpox was practiced in the empire 1,000 years before it was transmitted to Europe. India's inventions have influenced the world in many