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Africa is the cradle of humanity and civilization
Africa as the origin of world civilization:
The Upper Nile Valley of Africa has been credited for giving rise to the world’s oldest monarchy well known as the Ta-Seti in Ethiopia. Egypt has been regarded as the greatest nation of antiquity and the Pharaoh system famously known as the ancient Kemetic civilization is thought to be the proudest and the loftiest accomplishments ever to have been witnessed in human annals (Rashidi, Para, Para 7). The great ancient civilizations in Africa had significant contributions to the world as it is today. These civilizations consisted of knowledge and wisdom that was so influential that it produced some of the leading wonders of the world and also laid down the foundations of the society as it is today. The African civilizations produced great Kings and Kingdoms like Akhenaton and the Egyptian kingdom of the Pharaohs. Akhenaton has gone down the history books as one of the world’s social reformer. He was a wonderful administrator and was even outlawed warfare as part of his administrative policies. He is said to have been so God fearing and spiritual that he would not even dare hurt a flower (Diop & Clarke, Para 5).
The contributions of the Egyptian civilization were numerous starting with the famous Pharaonic Kingdom that reached its peak in the New Kingdom era before declining after the Romans conquered Egypt in 31st BC. The success of the Egyptian civilization laid in the ability to utilize the Nile River for agricultural activities prompted by the discovery of shadoof method of irrigation. They also developed an early form of writing and had a wonderful system of administration that enhanced trade development and strengthened the Kingdom. The Egyptians also left a lasting mark in architecture and arts as evidenced by the amazing pyramids. Egypt can therefore be argued to be one of the earliest abodes of learning and civilization.
Other ancient civilizations in Africa could be found in Ethiopia in the City of Meroe. Meroe has been described as a wonderful city with “walls and stupendous gates, its gorgeous chariots and alert footmen, its inventive genius and ripe scholarship, made it the cradle of civilization and the mother of all,” (Clegg II, Para 9). It is from these ancient civilizations that the world borrowed a lot in the establishment of a civil society. The Homeric mythology has been thought to have borrowed much from the Negro hieroglyphics of Ethiopia, the Egyptians also borrowed from the Negros. The Greeks went to school in Egypt and the Romans adopted the Greek laws and war science. The west learnt from the Romans on how to build and plant, establish and maintain a government. Therefore, the civilization can be argued to have originated in Africa and subsequently spread to other parts of the world (William, p 22).
Conclusion:
Africa occupies a very important position in the history of mankind that can not be ignored.
Africa birthplace of humanity and civilization
Africa as the Cradle of Man and his Civilization
Africa as the origin of world civilization:
The Upper Nile Valley of Africa has been credited for giving rise to the world’s oldest monarchy well known as the Ta-Seti in Ethiopia. Egypt has been regarded as the greatest nation of antiquity and the Pharaoh system famously known as the ancient Kemetic civilization is thought to be the proudest and the loftiest accomplishments ever to have been witnessed in human annals (Rashidi, Para, Para 7). The great ancient civilizations in Africa had significant contributions to the world as it is today. These civilizations consisted of knowledge and wisdom that was so influential that it produced some of the leading wonders of the world and also laid down the foundations of the society as it is today. The African civilizations produced great Kings and Kingdoms like Akhenaton and the Egyptian kingdom of the Pharaohs. Akhenaton has gone down the history books as one of the world’s social reformer. He was a wonderful administrator and was even outlawed warfare as part of his administrative policies. He is said to have been so God fearing and spiritual that he would not even dare hurt a flower (Diop & Clarke, Para 5).
The contributions of the Egyptian civilization were numerous starting with the famous Pharaonic Kingdom that reached its peak in the New Kingdom era before declining after the Romans conquered Egypt in 31st BC. The success of the Egyptian civilization laid in the ability to utilize the Nile River for agricultural activities prompted by the discovery of shadoof method of irrigation. They also developed an early form of writing and had a wonderful system of administration that enhanced trade development and strengthened the Kingdom. The Egyptians also left a lasting mark in architecture and arts as evidenced by the amazing pyramids. Egypt can therefore be argued to be one of the earliest abodes of learning and civilization.
Other ancient civilizations in Africa could be found in Ethiopia in the City of Meroe. Meroe has been described as a wonderful city with “walls and stupendous gates, its gorgeous chariots and alert footmen, its inventive genius and ripe scholarship, made it the cradle of civilization and the mother of all,” (Clegg II, Para 9). It is from these ancient civilizations that the world borrowed a lot in the establishment of a civil society. The Homeric mythology has been thought to have borrowed much from the Negro hieroglyphics of Ethiopia, the Egyptians also borrowed from the Negros. The Greeks went to school in Egypt and the Romans adopted the Greek laws and war science. The west learnt from the Romans on how to build and plant, establish and maintain a government. Therefore, the civilization can be argued to have originated in Africa and subsequently spread to other parts of the world (William, p 22).
Conclusion:
Africa occupies a very important position in the history of mankind that can not be ignored.
Africa birthplace of humanity and civilization
Africa as the Cradle of Man and his Civilization
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