Do you consider the ancient Middle East to be part of the Western civilization?

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Without the achievements and cultural influences from the Egyptians, Judeans, Sumerians, Mesopotamians there wouldn't be such thing as modern Europe or Western civilization in my opinion, let's not forget the Neolithic migrations which brought agriculture to modern day Europe had led to rise up the Celtic and Northern tribes.
Ancient Greeks had learned mathematics, science and even their alphabets from Near Eastern civillizations and even the term Europe originally came from Phoenicians.
When Europe were in the dark ages and struggled with lack of hygiene and education way before the existence of the term Europe the Ancient Indus civilizations already used toilets, and the upper classes had privilege to study mathematics and other sciences. When it comes to non Eurocentric history, we can see the contrary on how science, knowledge and the beginning of civillization moved from East to West and then in the XVII-XX century it's the opposite happened, and now it seems that China and the Orient rise up again while modern European nations will struggle and move backwards due to low fertility rates, immigration and demographic problems.
 
I look at it the other way around. Western civilization is a product of those ancient civilization far more advanced than much of Europe at the time. Gender equality for example already existed in Ancient Egypt. More so than in Europe 200 years ago.
Women in ancient Egypt had a status that significantly contrasts the status of many modern women because they occupied power in ways that women commonly do not in contemporary societies. Although men and women in Egypt had traditionally distinct powers in society, there was no insurmountable barrier in front of those who wanted to deviate from this pattern. Egyptian society recognized women as equal to men, but as having an essential complementarity, expressed especially in the action of producing children. This respect is expressed clearly in the ancient Egyptian theology and morality. They had the opportunity to rule the country and have the same basic human rights as men.
 

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