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Sustainability in Ancient Civilizations: What Can We Learn from Pre-Industrial Societies?

Author(s) Prof. IFRA ASAD MOMIN, Prof. SHILPA ASHOK GUPTA
Country India
Abstract The questions raised in this paper are about a sustainable practice in ancient civilizations that has undermined the notion that sustainability has just been an alternative in response to environmental degradation in the industrial era. Documented by case studies of the Inca Empire, Nabatean civilization, and the Edo period Japan, the study identifies how agriculture, water systems, and waste were intelligently handled by pre-industrial communities with the help of locally designed, low-tech solutions and community-based strategies. Societies have been living within the limitations of their setting and used local knowledge, ecological awareness, and values to achieve a balance and strength. The paper looks at available scholarly literature as well to reinforce the usefulness of the concept of traditional ecological intelligence. Although admitting the contextual disparity between historical and modern eras, the study contends that implementation of several past model-based concepts might improve and optimize how sustainability is currently conducted, including a place-centered approach, circles where prisoners are placed, and community plans. Through a critical revisit of the past, the study calls for the vision of a more inclusive and comprehensive concept of sustainability based on integrating modern innovation into the wisdom of the past.
Keywords Sustainability, Ancient Civilizations, Pre-industrial Societies, Ecological Intelligence, Traditional Knowledge, Low-tech Solutions, Community-based Practices
Published In Volume 16, Issue 3, July-September 2025
Published On 2025-08-13
DOI https://doi.org/10.71097/IJSAT.v16.i3.7635
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9ww8d
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