Mesopotamia is a civilization that was located between the two rivers. The purpose of studying the Mesopotamian civilization is to understand that the worldview we practice today have been also practiced 4000 years ago by the Mesopotamian people. They developed many technologies that are still being used today. In this journal I will talk about what makes the civilization thinks in complexity, to compare and contrast with the civilization today. There are three main points I will discuss which are the worldview, comfort, and security.
The Mesopotamian worldview is based on business and profits. They always think about the benefit or the loss they will experience or received. Money is one of the reasons that make them think in complexity. They build inventions, technology and improvements in order to gain profit for them and also to build more inventions and technology. In the civilizations today I can see that many of them are building many innovations, new inventions, and technology in order to gain more profit for their country. Sometimes they don’t care about the quality or the character building, but they see the benefit or profit they will receive.
Another reason of what makes the Mesopotamian civilization thinks in complexity is comfort. All human beings like to be comfortable. The Mesopotamian civilization builds many inventions also for them to enjoy. Many innovations they build give comfort to human beings and enlighten their duties. Sofas, air conditioner, and elevators are some of their inventions that give comforts to human beings. In the world today, people are also concerned about comfort. We create and invent many innovations that give us comfort and enlighten our duties like the computer, automobile, and also many other improvised technology. Comfort is also one of our concerns in the world today.
Other reason of what makes the Mesopotamian civilization thinks in complexity is security. All creatures like to feel secure especially human beings. There are connections between comfort and security. People can’t feel comfortable if they don’t feel secure, comfort and security works together at the same time. The Mesopotamian also builds many inventions and also defensive system for their security. They build walls around their city and invent a gigantic crane in order to fright the enemies away from them. They also build watch towers in order to be alert when the enemies come. In the world civilization today people also invest much for the military force for the safety and defense system. We build many inventions like tanks, choppers, and missiles for the military force to protect the country.
For the conclusion, the purpose of studying the Mesopotamian civilization is to understand that the worldview we practice today have been also practiced 4000 years ago by the Mesopotamian people. They developed many technologies that are still being used today. The three most important reason why the Mesopotamian civilization think in complexity is their business minded worldview, comfort, and also security. We also practice the same worldview and ideas in the world civilization today. I learned that what we have today have exist 4000 years before me and there are nothing new under the sun.