Mesopotamia And Egypt Civilization

Ancient civilization has been carrying tons of history. It has been always curiosity to us that how we started to civilize and what leaded us till this stage. Scientists, historians and lots of researches agreed that human civilization started between 3500 and 3200 B.C.E. in Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. On the other hand, Egyptian civilization also started almost at the same time as Mesopotamian civilization. Around 3200 BCE, Egypt was brought together under one ruler—King Narmer. This is recognized as the beginning of the Egyptian civilization. In this essay, I am going to explain and compare between Mesopotamian and Egyptian's inventions and innovations.

Mesopotamian contributes a lot to accelerate the civilization process. They invented many important things, which we are still using and also, we are following their innovations. Mesopotamian's most remarkable invention was wheel transport. It was really tough and vital invention at that time. Another great invention of them was the calendar. They set the time, days, months based in twelve and its multiplication. We couldn't imagine how they invented such kind of things. Writing was also invented in Mesopotamia; actually writing was not invented, it evolved gradually over the course of a millennium. At the starting point, they used pictographic writing and it's developed by time. They also innovated basic concepts and formulas of Mathematics. History shows that they were especially focused in arithmetical and algebraic concepts.

Egyptian civilization has also contributed in many major inventions. Their emphasis was in the field of architecture and engineering. The engineering used in the construction of great pyramids by them has dazzled the world. Archeologists say that the construction of these monuments took a period of 20 years and the labor of thousands of men. The pyramid of Khufu at Giza has been such a remarkable achievement from ancient era that the modern world considers them as one of the seven wonders created by mankind in the past. Egyptian's next creation was a writing material similar to paper called papyrus from reeds found in the Nile. They developed a writing system called hieroglyphs that combined pictures and symbols. Eventually, they created an alphabet from their symbols. They also created calendar that was based on ten instead of twelve.

In my view, invention of calendar and wheels can be considered the most valuable invention of the Mesopotamian civilization. Because of Calendar, we are able to mark the important moments of the history. Wheels made it possible to travel around the world revealing great mysteries and bonding with other civilizations. Similarly, Ancient Egyptians are widely appreciated for their invention of paper and writing system. Invention of the writing system has indeed helped us document the historical achievements. Because of the writing system, we are able to study about the past.

Inventions are always precious to human civilization. Inventions show the creativity and logical reasoning possessed by humans of past and present. Human beings have always been indulged in finding solutions to simplify the ways of doing things. Humans also posses desire to leave behind them something remarkable to be cherished by future generations. As a result, great achievements are born. The pace of civilization begun from our ancestors has brought us to this modern age. It’s a dynamic world where nothing is constant. Each day presents us a new invention. It wonders me when I think of how our civilizations have developed till today and how there are still many wonders to come.