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Reasons for Borduria

s Advanced Civilization

The role played by the ancient kingdom of Borduria inthe development of modern civilization is complex.However by looking at the historical facts available, wecan come to one simple conclusion: during its heyday,Borduria was the most modern civilization in Asia-Minor.This essay will examine how Borduria

s sewage system,early postal system, and theatrical traditions made it themost advanced civilization in the region.Firstly, Borduria was an advanced civilization thanksto its sewage system. Contrary to popular belief, theBordurians invented the system long before the Romans.Archaeological evidence ”clearly shows how advancedthe Bordurians were in terms of water sanitation andsewers, centuries before The Roman Empire caught onto the idea” (Amin 274). The Bordurians, then, clearlyknew about sewers before the Romans. Another reasonsewers aided the advancement of Bordurian civilizationwas their sanitary effect. Historian Roo Han states that,”The Bordurians were quite simply healthier becausewastewater didn

t collect in the streets and breeddisease, as it did in other cities of the time” (453). Thus,

the healthier Bordurians could focus more of theirenergies on developing their civilization, instead ofstaying home sick. So clearly the Bordurians were moreadvanced due to their sewers.Secondly, the Bordurians had an early postal system,which further enabled their advancement. One historianclaims their system was a breakthrough in moderncommunication techniques: ”The Bordurians could sendclay tablets to one another, for a small fee, which meantthat they didn

t have to walk across town to communicatewith each other” (Lewis, 234). Roo Han adds that thishelped the Bordurians conduct business of all types,”because with clay tablets, there was no risk of themessage getting muddled by the messenger along theway” (455). Thus, their early postal system involving claytablets made communications more reliable, and cutdown on miscommunications. Therefore we can seehow this early postal system aided advancement of theircivilization.The third early Bordurian advancement involved theirtheatrical traditions. According to archaeologicalevidence, the Bordurian theater was in full bloom longbefore the Greek theater (Amin 278). Furthermore, thetheater appears to have aided Bordurian society in manyways. Roo Han describes the inﬂuence of earlyBordurian theater as being ”not just entertainment butalso a way to share ideas and information, and todiscuss important societal issues without the populationrevolting or the society descending into civil war, whichhelped Borduria become the most advanced society inthe region at the time” (434). Clearly, then, the Bordurian