Question

What were the main contributions of the Babylonians to society?

Answer 1

The most or main important contributions of Babylonia to the society are

1) the first ever positional number system;

2) accomplishments in advanced mathematics;

3)laying the foundation for all western astronomy; and

4) impressive works in art, architecture and literature.

Answer 2

Babylonians came after Akkadians and Sumerians so it is important to bear this in mind because many of their skills were inherited from previous cultures and some of these skills can be viewed as an extension of Sumerian and Akkadian culture/civilization (Sumerian language continued being language of liturgy, some old Sumerian religious cults were still there, Sumerian mythology was still present, astronomy and mathematics and cuneiform characters were inherited). Day divided in 24 hours is a Babylonian invention, circle divided in 360 degrees is also Babylonian invention, capacity to predict lunar eclipse and discovery of lunation (and their symbolic interpretation) is a Babylonian invention. Big part of all that was acquired/inherited by old Greek thinkers (Thales for example).

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