How did ancient cultures lay the foundation of many modern ideas?

As an example of an ancient culture laying a foundation for a modern idea, you can take an Ancient Greece and their idea of democracy.  Athenians founded ekklesia, where an adult male could participate. They held meetings where they used the voting system to make decisions.

“the iliad” (gr: “iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek siege of the city of troy (which was also known as ilion, ilios or ilium in ancient times).

it allows shippers to carry commercial goods, which allows them to save time and money.