History 118 – spring 2021 Write on one of the following prompts. The objective is to write an essay that uses evidence drawn from lectures, the readings, materials from Canvas, and the group work you...

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Title: Impact of Past Events on Present Scenario
Contents
Introduction    3
Historical Impact on Present Society    3
Conclusion    6
Works Cited    7
Introduction
History matters a lot in our life, because the events that have taken place in the past have shaped the present day over the period of time. It also helps us in understanding that why and how our societies have evolved and what kind of value or legacy they ca
y on our present-day society. In the ancient period, the societies were generally complex with respect to cultures, traditions and the religions, which is not created at the heat of the moment. This had eventually ca
ied forward with many reformations and subsequent impact of further events over the societies, and what we are observing as a society is the calculative reformation because of the events that had taken place in historical period. In this report a detailed discussion is done on six major events that had contributed in shaping our present world society, and how it had an impact over our culture, our beliefs and practices.
Historical Impact on Present Society
In the historical context The First American, also, known as The Olmec or the Mesoamerica originated at 5000 BCE, which stretched from north of Panama until the desert of the central Mexico. They have developed a mathematical system and also they have devised calendar system, which is still one of the most important usable thing in today’s society. They were also engaged in the trading system, which further helped in the diffusing of their culture. They also produced a number of major art works, architecture, pottery and sculpture, which is still build in our present society in different forms. Olmec also built aqueducts to transport water into their cities for the i
igation of their fields. This system is used in present society, where the aqueducts are prepared for these activities (Seredin). Therefore, it can be concluded that the era of Olmec had caried forward many things to the present society of which they were the creator.
After the decline of Olmec culture, the Maya culture somewhere around 500 BCE. This civilization was located around thirty miles from the modern Mexico City. It has been found after research that large scale agriculture band the abundance of food provided time for the people to develop the social trades of skills and other farming, which is still ca
ied forwarded in our present society. It has also been seen that Mayan’s have contributed significantly in the field of architecture and mathematics. Maya’s have...