Chapter 2

                       

In Chapter Two, the First Civilizations in the natural world grew peaceful communities. Eventually, globalization emerged due to major communities forming in the Middle East, China, Central Asia, and Egypt.  Noteworthy, the first civilization formed was Iraq, or Mesopotamia. All the communities varied in beliefs and way of survival but remained harmonious. 

I presuppose communities helped one another.   People listened because they knew they have to work together.  For example, during 1200 B.C.E. , the Olmec cities rose with the building of temples, altars, pyramids, and tombs of rulers.  As more and more communities developed, so did their resources.  Farmers started to use the techniques that eventually lead to building dikes, channels, and reservoirs.

             I conceived that we acquired vital technology from the first civilizations especially from Mesopotamia and Egypt.  The first writing system was inscribed symbols and pictures on tablets of wet clay near by the Sumerians.   However, more technology introduced inequality that lead to the decline of human communities.  Wealth, status, and power became the norm of later civilizations.  I accredited that the institution of slavery emerged in order to acquire more labor.  More and more humans were abused in order to gain power and greed.   Inequalities in gender roles existed where the men dominated power over the women, and the women were secondary to them.

I affirmed that ancient civilization brought enormous technologies that benefitted the people from neighboring communities.   However, this technology also brought greed to the powerful.  Each ruler wanted to conquer more land, wealth, and power.  Finally, this greed eventually  lead to injustice, more conflicts, and unnecessary wars.