Epoch of Origins

During the Epoch of Origins, many "origins" of lanugage, law, environmentalism, religion, and culture that we experience today were created.  A big development that occurred was start of Judaism, which is still a major world religion, among others that were created during this early time period also.  With this, the Hebrew language and the Torah, also known as the Old Testament of the Bible.  This is really important to me because I am Jewish.  And the Traditions that were started in this time period are similar the ones that my family still follows today, such as Shabbot prayers, celebrating Passover, And Rosh Hashnana and Yom Kippur.

Many parts of our society today can be traced back all the way to the Epoch of Origins.  I believe the most important of these events is the formation of democracy.  The ancient Greeks created the independent form of government and encouraged people to participate.   The system that we use in the United States of America is based on this epoch.  Also, the people in Mesopotamia developed agricultural methods (such as irrigation) that are still used in modern farming.  We continue to interact with environment to farm crops and animals.  Finally, the first set of written laws was created during this epoch.  Hammurabi's Code formed the basis for the written laws today. 

Even though they did not have the benefit of modern technology, things such as religion and language spread across large spaces of land. One way this happened was that the Jews were kicked out of Israel  and had to spread into other areas such as modern Africa and Europe.  Both their religion and language were carried with them.  On the other hand, the Greeks chose to conqueer foreign lands and spread important things such as language, art, and their philosophical beliefs to other cultures.