Ancient Rome: The Rise Of Ancient Civilization

Ancient Rome DBQ Many people argue that the culture of the Ancient Romans reflect that of the United States today. While there have been many advancements over the course of the years, a few basic principles still apply and can be seen in the United States today. Although there a few key differences that can be seen between the two cultures, it is important that one focuses on similarities to see how the United States has developed as a whole. Roman culture was similar to what the United States is today by the form of government and types of entertainment.

Remarkable Rome Ancient Rome had many cultural achievements. Many achievements are very important and influential in American culture today. Some achievements are Roman Roads and Roman Architecture. Our road today are based off of Roman roads. Also our architecture is very similar to Roman architecture.

This is all because they were cultural and knew how to plant and grow crops very

Technological advances included the use of a tractor with a plow and a combine. The tractor made farming more prosperous and helped quicken the process. “With his new combine, Folkers could cut and thresh the grain in one swoop, using just a fraction of the labor...” (Egan). Tractors helped keep farmers afloat but also set them up for a downward spiral.

Ancient China Farming Tools What tools did Ancient China use for farming? Ancient China had tools that helped them with their farming. Plows were made out of iron in the third B.C. Which made their plows more efficient and last longer. The seed drill dug a hole place the seeds and covered it with dirt. The water wheel was a very important tool because the wheel crushed the grains with water power.

The romans took their pride in agriculture very seriously. They would grow olives, grapes, grain, they would also harvest oil, raise cattle. The rich romans had slaves bring in cattle, harvest grapes, olives, grains and plant

Romans were the first to use concrete. This allowed them to build far larger arches, stadiums, and aqueducts than ever before. Roman concrete was so advanced that even today, we use a similar mixture. Another unbelievable Roman invention was the aqueduct. An aqueduct was a covered pipe or channel that brought fresh water from long distances to all over the Roman empire from fresh springs in the mountains.

Document 6, written by a high official of Rome, emphasizes the brilliance it took a man to construct roads that had “grace and beauty” (Doc 6). This document summarizes how the Romans viewed technology like roads with practical uses, but they cared more about the beautiful architecture of it and how it enhanced the character of Rome. Another piece technology that the Romans valued was the aqueducts as shown by document 8. A Roman general, governor, and water commissioner reports the use of their aqueducts and marvels in the water production compared to other civilizations. The Romans are rarely interested in the improvement of technology unless it benefits and brings pleasure to the entire society, or mainly the upper class.

For instance, farming took place in the Aztecs and Incas environment, “the Inca were farmers, growing potatoes as well as other crops, often in terraces cut into the high mountainsides.” Patel (4). They also raised sheep and used their meat for hunger and its wool for cloth. Due to the Aztecs living on a swamp, they adapted by making a floating garden called a Chinampa to help produce maise and grow other crops. Maldonado (3).

Heavy plow wasn’t the only technology item they had back then to help produce a

Henry Bradley, in his work The Legacy of Rome, states that “...Over the greater part of Western Europe the subject peoples learned to speak the language of their conquerors and forget their native tongues, so that at present day what was once the local dialect of (Rome) is … spoken… by half the nations of the civilized world.” This quote shows how Rome, by conquering the Mediterranean and assimilating the people into its own culture,

They hunted and gathered their food in small groups. They followed their food by season until they figured out how to farm. They grew grains, corn, potatoes, rice, and beans. They didn’t have beasts of burden so they did everything by hand causing work to be harder and be a longer process. They defended themselves with sticks, rocks, wooden spears, and sling shots.

The architects that lived and worked during the time of the Greeks and Romans created many of the most recognizable structures in the Ancient

Ancient Greek and ancient Rome are often confused with one another even though there are great differences between the two. Both countries are Mediterranean but have social class differences, different mythology, different life values and different architectural concepts. It is said that much of what Rome used in everyday life was taken from the ancient Greek civilization as the ancient Greek civilization started 5th century BC. And it was not till hundreds of years later that the roman civilization started. Cities in Ancient Greece were differentiated by hills.

According to the studies of Wileli’s (2011) One of the technology that was invented was the wheel, this technology helped the people move faster to places they need to get by chariots and other vehicles that included wheels, the wheel was created around 4th BC. Another technology that was created was the Flint Knapping, this technology was used to shape stones and rocks for the creations of tools, they would just chip the flakes away to create an edge on the stones. Then there was the Atlatl, it was a type of tool that allowed humans to throw spears really far and fast, it was a very useful that they even used it to hunt animals. The bow and arrow was another great and useful technology back in Ancient Africa and it was very useful during the Stone Age, the humans would use it to hunt for food from longer ranges, it helped the hunters be safe and make hunting more easier.