.近东文明对西方文明的贡献 As the old western proverb “Ex oriente lux”suggested,the Ancient Near East civilization had a great influence on western civilization including religion,science,art,literature and writing system.The Mesopotamian and Egypti-an civilization laid foundation for western civilization,and other nations like Hebrew,also make contributions to western civilization. Western religion and myths are deeply affected by the Ancient Near East civilization.For example,Greece,which is the