Mutual Exchanges of Asian Civiliza...
文章摘要
The ancient Asian civilizations present a pattern worth standing by in many ways:1- Promote the human’s value and the family’s role in building the community.2- Establish the rules of cooperation between people to face the forces of nature.3- The collaboration between the peoples and the commercial and knowledge exchange contribute to enhancing human life and developing the reality no matter how hard the situation is.4- The Chinese, Arab, Persian, Indian, and other Asian civilizations made Asia the essential center of the human civilization which started in the sixth century BC.These civilizations contributed to the building of the modern human civilization, and at the same time We are looking to build a bright future for mankind, Syria and Mesopotamia which witnessed the first agricultural revolution in the tenth thousand BC by which the human moved from wandering to stability and planting and create the agricultural villages for the first time.Later on, this land witnessed the second revolution which is the emergence of the first cities in the image of huge temples, palaces, and walls which was the foundation for kingdoms and empires.This piece of land embraced the three divine religions in which the temples, churches, and mosques were established to be a starting point for spreading love, brotherhood, and peace to the world, in which the oldest treaties were signed between many conflicting cities on the Syrian lands (Hittite empire, Mitani kingdom, and Egyptian kingdom) .There was the oldest treaty between Syria and Egypt found in a region called “Alkswa” in Syria.In my country Syria, the first alphabet in the world was discovered in the city of Ugarit on the Syrian coast in the fourteenth century BC, and the oldest libraries were found in Ebla (Mardikh Hill which goes back to 2800 BC. Besides, it was the first library that contained dictionaries with two or more languages .In this land were found the oldest wall, crockery, ivory and bronzed sculptures, by which the Syrian poet, Meliager, said, “don’t think of me as a stranger, we are all from one country which is the world.”My country Syria, which represents a civilizational dimension, legacy, and history, has always provided the culture of humanitarian qualities and worked to stop the aggression and wealth raping and establish peace based on justice and impartiality.A shared future for mankind must be carried out by:1- Put an end to the arrogance and the unilateral power in international relations.2- Stand against colonization in all its forms and stop the attack against the rights of other countries.3- Stand against the unfair unilateral sanctions which are done by the united states of America against each one goes against its policy and its expansionist goals in the world.4- Stand against terrorism in all its forms whether it is national or international because it represents a dangerous phenomenon on the international community and the human relations, in which my country has suffered for about eight years from the state-supported terrorism which left its effect on the Syrian people and the whole region.5- Don’t monopolize technology and scientific progress by some of the major powers and popularize knowledge and science worldwide.6- Confirm the importance of culture as a major factor of convergence factors between peoples and nations.7- Develop the commercial relations between the countries, enhance the economic exchange and give a chance to the developing countries to develop their industries, agriculture and their own capabilities so that they can achieve sustainable development for their communities.8- There is a need to reform the international organization (the united states) to be able to achieve international peace and security without pressure by some of the major powers in order to make their imperial interests.9- Guarantee the rights of the Palestinian people, establishing their national state and its capital Jerusalem and the right of return is considered one of the international peace foundations.10- Don’t recognize the Israeli actions in regard to joining the Syrian Arab Golan, Jerusalem and all the Arab occupied lands to its state and declaring sovereignty on them.What the Asian civilizations presented to make us believe that we can shape a bright future based on love and peace which are highlighted by the ancient Chinese civilization and at the same time it was one of Arab and Islamic civilization foundations over the centuries throughout history.
Abstract
The ancient Asian civilizations present a pattern worth standing by in many ways. And these civilizations contributed to the building of the modern human civilization, and at the same time We are looking to build a bright future for mankind, Syria and Mesopotamia which witnessed the first agricultural revolution in the tenth thousand BC by which the human moved from wandering to stability and planting and create the agricultural villages for the first time.
作者简介
Eyad Murshed:Director-General, Alassad National Library, Syria