The Glory of Ancient Civilizations Explore Ancient Babylon Ancient Egypt The dazzling achievements of ancient India
Mr. Liang Qichao just mentioned the four ancient civilizations: ancient China, ancient India, ancient Egypt, and ancient Babylon. This"Four ancient civilizations"It is the birthplace of world civilization, the culture of these ancient countries is brilliant and brilliant, and they have left their names in the long river of history, so in addition to ancient China, what are the three ancient civilizations, and what are their achievements? Let's talk about them today.
First of all, we have to listen to Jay Chou's song "Love in B."c.》。Jay Chou's song. There is such a lyric in the song:"The king of ancient Babylon promulgated the Code of Hammurabi"，"More than 3,700 years ago, it was carved into black basalt"。Who was the king of ancient Babylon?
The ancient Babylonian civilization originated in the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. In 3500 BC, the world's first slave state was established. With the prosperity of ancient Babylon, Hammurabi unified the two river valleys in the 18th century BC and established the most powerful ** centralized state at that time, the ancient Babylonian kingdom. During his reign, he promulgated the Code of Hammurabi, the most representative cuneiform script and one of the oldest and best-preserved written codes in the world.
From an architectural point of view, ancient Babylonian"Hanging Gardens"It can be called a miracle in the history of world architecture and one of the eight wonders of the world. This"Hanging Gardens"It was so imaginative and exquisitely designed, both in terms of external aesthetics and the internal irrigation system, that it was world-class at the time and a marvelous heritage of human civilization.
Ancient Egypt was founded around 3100 BC and went through 33 dynasties, including the Pre-Dynastic, Ancient Egyptian, Medieval, Late Middle Ages, and the Ptolemaic Kingdom. In 30 BC, Ancient Egypt was finally occupied by the Roman Empire.
When we think of ancient Egypt, we think of its landmark, the pyramids. The pyramids of ancient Egypt were majestic, magnificent, and strong, and the obelisk weighed 1200 tons. We see not only the grandeur of the pyramids, but also the wisdom of the ancient Egyptian people. Therefore, although things are different from people and time has passed, there are still many ancient Egyptian buildings that have not been destroyed, and a large number of tourists go to Egypt every year to visit famous buildings such as temples, obelisks, pyramids, and sphinxes.
Mathematics was also important in ancient Egypt; The ancient Egyptians knew the basics of how to solve a system of unary equations, as well as a series of equal difference and proportional numbers. Of particular importance is the algorithm of fractions, where all fractions are added to unit fractions (i.e., fractions with a numerator of 1).
Mummification was also important in medicine in ancient Egypt, where people were mummified after death and mummified every day to gain valuable experience to pass on to future generations. However, later scientific theories were flawed and were very superstitious about the human body, giving mysterious explanations for many of the structures of the human body.
Finally, let's take a look at ancient India, which was formed in the Indus Valley in 3100 BC. Unlike other countries, the collapse of ancient Indian civilization was not due to the destruction of the state, but to the gradual replacement of the native civilization by a constant import of foreign cultures.
Ancient India is actually a combination of different cultures, in philosophy, ancient India religion developed, Buddhism, Brahmanism, etc. were widely spread, materialism spread at the same time, and materialist philosophy gradually developed to compete with it.
In the field of literature, ancient India has a rich cultural classics, the most representative of which is the Brahmanical classic Vedas, which contains many ancient historical legends, life customs, social customs, stories and poems.
In the end, the four ancient civilizations except China all disappeared in the long river of history, but the Chinese civilization stood still, proving its tenacious vitality once again.