Finally, these changes established the practice of deferring to previous decisions issued by courts that in modern times is recognized as the concept of legal precedent that is essential to the American system of justice in both the realm of civil and criminal law.
Political Changes:
It is believed that the first King of ancient Egypt, Menes, established the first national system of government more than 3,000 years before the Common Era. In addition to uniting Upper and Lower Egypt during his reign of more than six decades, King Menes also established what is believed to be the first centralized system of national government headquartered near modern-day Cairo, still the capital of Egypt almost five thousand years later.
Prior to his reign, there was no such thing as a centralized national government system or a national capital city that united political authority over an entire nation. The dynasty established by King Menes was followed by twenty-nine subsequent dynasties that ruled Egypt from his era until approximately 300 years before the birth of Christ.
Religious Changes:
The belief in a divine presence or "God" likely predates all of recorded human history. There is substantial evidence of what would be considered religious...
It cannot be known definitively what human life was like before any religious beliefs, but it the development of organized religion occurred throughout the world long before the Common Era.
The evidence or the value of religious worship in modern times suggests that a belief in God fulfills many important social and societal functions and may be essential to the role of human conscience in life. Eastern religions such as Buddhism predated
Western Christian religions, Islam, and Judaism, but all forms of religious worship and beliefs are undoubtedly among the most significant changes ever to occur in ancient human history. In addition to providing a moral basis for human behavior long before the advent of secular law, religious worship has also provides spiritual comfort and a cohesive function in human communities for many thousands of years.
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Weber, E. (1989). The Western Tradition. Annenberg/CPB: Santa Clara, CA.
