The Sumerians established some city-states

The Babylonians created cuneiform writing

Use small wooden sticks to carve their words on the wet clay tablets, which are known as clay tablets in history.

Educational institution: Mudban Bookstore

Educational purpose: to train scribes

Education content: Pay attention to reading, writing and arithmetic

Educational methods: simple machines, commonly used corporal punishment

Educational Institution: Temple School

Educational purpose: to train scribes and officials

Educational content is gradually enriched

Educational methods: In addition to mechanical indoctrination, there is also a master-apprentice teaching system

The culture and education in Mesopotamia developed very early, even earlier than Egypt. At least there were schools at the same time as Egypt.

This is the cradle of the earliest human school education and the starting point of human formal education.

Palace School: training high-ranking officials

Monk School: Cultivating senior monks and academic talents

Official School: training general officials

Scribes School: Cultivating officials who can write and calculate

Palace schools: mainly secular knowledge; only the educational content of the ancient Egyptian palace schools cannot be verified;

Monk School: Emphasis on scientific knowledge

Official schools: general cultural courses and specialized vocational knowledge

School of Scribes: Emphasis on writing calculations and knowledge of laws and regulations

This fully reflects the class and hierarchical nature of education in ancient Egypt.

Brahmin (monk)

Kshatriya (warrior)

Vaishyas (farmers and common people engaged in industry and commerce)

Shudras (slaves, poor people still in slave status)

brahmin education

Buddhist education

Educational characteristics

Educational institutions: mainly family education

Educational purpose: to train Jewish believers

Educational content: Mainly the Bible and the Old Testament

Educational Methods: Democratic Color

Pay attention to the cultivation of religious beliefs and religious feelings

Educational institution: school education

Educational purpose: to cultivate believers

Educational content: Mainly the Bible and the Old Testament

Educational Methods: Democratic Color

Hebrew school education was more secular in nature, but still emphasized the teaching of religious knowledge.

The most developed Hebrew school education is primary education.

Education is universal

Teachers are regarded as a sacred profession, forming a general trend of respecting teachers; "Rabbi"

Elementary schools take into account both secular and religious aspects