Many ancient civilizations were considered naive, uncivilized, and utterly barbaric. However, this is not true; many of these societies formed complex writing systems, created concrete laws, and discovered advanced math and architecture. Many of these precedents are what current ideas and practices are based on. Writing and the idea of an alphabet was one of, if not the most brilliant addition to the overall development of societies around the world. It lets one share ideas …showed first 75 words of 362 total…

…showed last 75 words of 362 total…below. We expanded these branches of mathematics to meet our needs to build increasingly complex buildings and to survey different types of landscapes. Many things invented by ancient civilizations are still used today. Writing is used along with laws that have been tweaked to fit our specific needs, and math will continue to grow as long as we remain on earth. Learning had to begin somewhere and it seems these societies are where it started.