With advanced methods farming, fishing, and livestock rearing, both societies harnessed their abundance of natural endowments to create for themselves a strong foundation for trade. This, to me, shows just how helpful lush, green, or forest habitation could be for a civilization. It gives such societies leverage for trade and commerce, and can be used to create beautiful nature reserves, attracting tourism to the economy -eventually making the society a center of culture- as both of these civilizations did. …show more content…
Laws were fair. Nearly everyone was subject to the same laws, even the lesser nobles. If you broke a law, a judge would hear your case. Maya civilization was an early example of a society that influenced present court systems. Featuring fair trials, equal rights for almost everybody, and a justice system that allows you to prove yourself innocent, or another guilty, the Maya court system was ahead of its time. Singaporeans and the world at large have taken that value- and many other Maya values- and expanded on them; today, equal treatment and freedom of speech are basic human