Week 2 Blog 1

Grace Leung

1/31/11

Honors Western Civilization

Describe the importance of water in the ancient world.

          There are many different ways water is useful important and greatly needed in the ancient world. Water was the basis of almost every food or drink. Irrigation was the way food was made during this time and for irrigation. The water used for this is not used gradually, but in huge amounts because in the ancient world people are dependent on the water and the crops it produces. Also water in the ancient world could be used for cooking, like boiling food or steaming it. Another use for water in the ancient world is to help rid the many diseases. Water can be put into mixtures to create paints used to draw or write communications or the tribe’s native language. Paintings are very important because it tells us about different things that occurred in the ancient world. Paintings translate important events of how the earth changed over centuries. Water is very important to the ancient world, it is even so sacred to certain parts of the ancient world there is a God for water. In Mesopotamia the water God is very important to the people’s religion. This varies in different religion’s on how important water is. Water’s importance to the ancient world is very clear, as it is used for many different things that help the survival of these people.