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This 6 page paper examines three civilizations and compares and contrasts them. This paper looks at the contributions of the Babylonians, the Greeks, and the Romans. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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and draw on philosophy, law, religion, clothing, and food from neighboring civilizations. Cleary, the civilizations learn from one another. While certain peculiarities serve to define distinct nations, societies more
often than not emerge as a meld of cultures. In examining the contributions of the Babylonian, Greek, and Roman culture it becomes clear that the values and knowledge of each
have emanated from earlier civilizations. While intellectual thought would come from early civilizations, it does seem to be the case that mundane aspects of culture also would come from
there as well. Of the three discussed cultures, Babylonia would appear first. In ancient Babylonia, the Code of Hammurabi came about in 1760 BC. It was actually
a bunch of laws or dictates that provides much information about the culture. In the code, there are rules regarding what to do if someone were to steal, amongst other
things (King 3). Punishments are provided in the rules as well. For example, false accusations will result in a death penalty (King 3). Verbiage used is quite different from what
is the case today. One rule for example is as follows: "If any one steals a minor son of another, he shall be put to death" (King 4). Here, it
seems as if the terms stealing and kidnapping are interchangeable. That is, at the time, stealing a human being was possible. Yet, no matter how they put it, the result
is a situation where kidnapping is viewed negatively. Down the road, in Athens Greece, a speech was made about Pericles after his death in 431BC. A quote from the speech
provides a semblance of what society was like in Greece at that time: " It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands
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