Mesopotamian civilization impact

All early civilizations and cultures have a huge influence on modern day society as well as western civilization. However, the Ancient Mesopotamian civilization has had the most significant influence on western civilization. The Mesopotamian civilization is claimed to be one of the “Cradles of human civilization”, this due to the southern Mesopotamian area having the earliest documented formed cities in around 3500 BC. Another reason for as to why the Mesopotamian civilization is the most significant is because of their early development of law and government. The final reason the Mesopotamian civilization has the biggest influence on western civilization is the development of writing. Without these key Mesopotamian influences on western civilization everything we know today would be completely different. The Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization is critical to all civilization simply because it’s where civilization started! The earliest cities in world history appeared in southern Mesopotamia around 3500 BC. This was an achievement of the Sumerian people. This is a substantial event in history for the obvious reason being that the importance of these cities are tremendous. Cities not only unite people, they are also the source of trade and protection from outside threats. These early cities were surrounded by walls which offered protection from not only animals and other wildlife threats but protection from other cities and cultures. These cities allowed the people to become unified and work together to survive as a community. Civilization is nothing without unity, these cities are the foundation on how civilizations and cultures were born. The Mesopotamian cities were all along the border of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers which was the vocal point of the area. The surplus of food grown in this landscape allowed the farming societies to feed a class of people who didn’t need to devote their lives to agriculture. This lead to people becoming craftsmen, priests,