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I enjoyed reading Antecedents of the Accounting Profession because it was able to shed light on how many past civilizations used numbers and accounting in their everyday lives and cultures. I find it very interesting that accounting was used as far back as 3,600 BC in the city of Babylonia. I learned that Babylonia was a city of wonder and had advancements that would not have been reintroduced until thousands of years later. Now I know that their accounting helped them accomplish these wonders, the fact they used clay tablets as paper for their accounting records is astonishing. Is so fascinating to know that scribes at the time of Babylonia and Egypt were well educated through temple schools found in Mesopotamia. These schools were open to all classes of people from old to the young and for men and women without charge. It's crazy to think a culture so long ago can be so advanced and forward thinking.

Another fact I found interesting is what the Greeks did with accounting at the beginning of their reign. Since the Greeks were a war-like people who saw no use for writing, arithmetic or accounting, they allowed slaves to become scribes and get educated. It's strange to think that this culture might have seen being educated in writing and arithmetic as a form of torture.

I just find it very fascinating how all these different cultures used different tools to keep records of their accounting. The use of notched sticks from early tribes to scribes on clay and stone tablets, to engraving marks on buildings is just mind blowing. Human beings can be extremely creative and it is shown time and again through all types of cultures in many different time periods.