Contributions to Civilization: The Sumerians, Hebrews, and Egyptians

Some of the world's greatest civilizations have developed and prospered with the protective embracement of some of the world's greatest rivers. Sumerians, Hebrews, Egyptians all prospered from the river where their powerful civilization had once lived, and gave them the title of the River Valley civilization. These extinct societies are the first true civilization in the ancient world. These civilizations prosper for their river environment and due to this prosperity they can improve their skills, pursue knowledge and develop culture.

This course explores the birthplace of ancient Mesopotamia and the civilization of Egypt. Introduction to the early human beings continued to investigate the cultures of the Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Hittites, Phoenicians and Hebrew as well as replacing those Assyrians and Persian imperialism. The course covers the era of Cyrus the Great. This course will focus on the emergence and development of the Greek civilization, focusing on the age of ancient and classical, from the era of Minos and Mycenae to the emergence of Alexander the Great. Students studied the origins and development of Greek culture and society, democracy, theater, philosophy, using the work of ancient Greek poets, historians and thinkers with art and archeology. The topic includes the role of women and slaves, Greek religion, colonization and resistance to the Greek border, and the use of art as a political propaganda.

Some of the world's greatest civilizations have developed and prospered with the protective embracement of some of the world's greatest rivers. Sumerians, Hebrews, Egyptians all prospered from the river where their powerful civilization had once lived, and gave them the title of the River Valley civilization. These extinct societies are the first true civilization in the ancient world. - An example of social collapse that I will mention throughout this article is the Mayan civilization. Maya civilization may be "best known among all early American civilizations" (Fagan, 1995) which was the strongest between the years 300 and 900. It is a time of collapse around 900 AD. This civilization was developed in dense tropical forests of highlands and lowlands.