How Did Ancient Culture Influence Western Culture

Since the ancient Mesopotamians and Egyptians weren’t as scientifically advanced as we are in the modern world they put their faith in “higher powers”. The ancient people did have faith and served many gods. I want to show the many differences in the ancient people thoughts on the creation story and the christianity story. Also how there are many similarities in between the stories which are very interesting. I also want to talk about how things that were started in times such as 7000 BCE have migrated through time and we still see things they were doing in the modern world. To show just how influential the ancient people were to the development of humankind.
With very severe weather episodes such as great floods, sandstorms, and horrific heat, …show more content…
The early humans showed us which months were for planting, which for harvesting, and which months were not smart to grow. Also how important natural resources were such as water, trees, and soil. In terms of the leadership they gave us forms of democracy. Also how the leaders took the role to protect the people “given their joint responsiblilty for protecting their people from harm, kings and priests have traditionally worked together”(Cultures of the West) which took care of mental protection.As we see today in countries in the middle east when religious powers collide the city can be in turmoil. So in these early times it was normal the priest and ruler usually governed together creating what is called a facto theocracy. Also implementing things such as the military to physically protect people from the harm of neighbors. We have adopted all these principles and ways of thinking which we still use thousands of years …show more content…
“Ma’at in practice, was a kind of moral stasis, an acceptance of the world as it is, a reluctance to change anything for fear that the result might be worse than the reality already experienced. The Ma’at to ancient Egyptians was a way of life or something to try and live by also something very similar to christians to try and live by the ten commandments.”(Cultures of the West) The concept that people should try and have a moral conscience break these ways of living. Nothing happened if you didn’t live up to these expectations it was just something to strive and be. “Ma’at, acceptance of the world’s right ordering, remains the dominant focus and the supreme virtue. To the extent that Osiris and his council truly judged anyone’s ethical behavior in life, they did so according to the dead soul’s record of sustaining ma’at, which in most cases meant no performing injustice”. Also this is like Christianity where you are dead when you face god but soul is still alive. You are judged on the good and bad you did while you were you