Contributions of early Civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, China, Greece, and Rome

Question 1

What did Mesopotamia contribute to civilization?

Answer 1

• invented the wheel
• plow
• a calendar
• literature (epic of Gilgamesh)

Question 2

What did Egypt contribute to civilization?

Answer 2

• invented paper
• medicine
• clock
• 365 day calendar

Question 3

What did the Indus Valley contribute to civilization?

Answer 3

• invented # zero
• poetry
• sculptures
• running water
• city-grids
• sewage system

Question 4

What did China contribute to civilization?

Answer 4

• The great wall
• only structure that can be seen from space
• standardized money
• chariot and bronze weapons
  (later) -fireworks -> gunpowder
• the compass

Question 5

What did Greece contribute to civilization?

Answer 5

• columns (parthenon, amphitheaters)
• arts:
  
  • plays,
    
    • poems,
      
      • sculptures

Question 6

What did Rome contribute to civilization?

Answer 6

-large standing army (constant soldier)
-concrete
-aqueducts
-channel for conveying water, usu. in form
of bridge supported by columns
-roads
-Coliseum
-model for all Sports Stadiums
-newspaper
-books
-medics
-arch
-spread Christianity (tho they persecuted jews)