what do you think are three major contributions to the development of western civilization?

Question

hope this makes sense.lol. Either positive or negative contibutions will work.

Answer 1

The first would be the wisdom handed down through the line of Noah who survived the Flood and started the human line anew. The second would be the Mosaic Law (Ten commandments) which put man in the proper perspective with each other & with their Creator. The third and greatest would be the teachings of Jesus Christ that brought absolute equality of persons to the forefront, both in the fact that all of mankind was sinful and needed salvation, and then that each & every person was free to choose to serve truth & justice or not. It set the foundations for the development of the ideals of liberty & freedom which fostered the expanded learning and growth of the western nations.

Answer 2

Hmm, well I think historically Europe is the cradle of "Western Civilization".

Looking at the commonalities between culture and thinking in Europe, North America, Australia, etc. I would say that the major factors that allowed that shared, original European civilization to arise were:
1. Year-round temperate climate and geography (growing stuff was relatively easy, and so there was enough leisure time for 'civilization' and 'culture' to be developed.... easy to get from one end of Europe to the other by sea or river, not many barriers to transport routes)
2. The far-reaching discipline and centralisation imposed by the Roman Empire, followed by the Catholic church
3. Ship building and sea faring (leading to the opening of trade routes, slavery and colonialism, which enriched European countries at others' expense... allowing more time and money to be spent on high culture, construction of grand cities, social and welfare schemes, etc.)

Perhaps this is more the birth of Western Civilization, rather than its development into what it has become today: many diverse cultural streams with a common ancestry.

Answer 3

For better or worse, I see the rise of capitalism/ open/free market economies; the development of (varying) Christian-based societies/legal systems of morality, etc; and , the rise of more democratic/open governments as what I would personally consider the three major contributions to the development of today's Western civilization(s).

Answer 4

what is western civilization?
do you really think that romans and greeks have something in common with newton and edison?
no no no
averroes was born much more west than copernicus, is he part of the western civilization?
europeans rediscovered ancient greek philosophy and science through arab books, so are greeks part of which civilization?
maybe the best contribution was made by the first person that sorted out this lame word, "western civilization"

Answer 5

the Late Late show with Craig Ferguson, ice cream and Sudoku

Answer 6

internet
personal computers
Shakespeare