In this paper I will compare and contrast two myths from different cultures. The two myths chosen for this paper are the Genesis creation (Hebrew origin) of the Christian culture, and the Norse culture of Iceland (the Vikings). Both of these creation myths start with an emptiness where conflict and chaos eventually develop. The Genesis conflict is between God, nothing, blackness, emptiness, loneliness, and the need to create something. The Norse conflict is between the dark cold realm of Niflheim, within the emptiness of ginnungagap, and the fiery realm of Muspell, where nothing can grow.…
After the Agricultural Revolution, the rise of civilizations scattered around the world, each one having various features that formed from their people and the land. Two civilizations that honed similarities and differences, Mesopotamia and Egypt, grew and adapted alongside river valleys—the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Nile respectively. Both civilizations turned to control and unify their people through ideas of class hierarchy and kingship. However, Mesopotamian life differed from Egyptian life, consisting of troubles in their crop production, negative viewpoints about death in their religious beliefs, and more restrictions for slaves and women.…
After reading and listening to the two creation myths, I have come to conclusion that, even though most myths come from different cultures and places in time, there will always be some sort of similarities and differences to make them unique in their own special…
In the time of the agricultural age, two civilizations arose out of the plenteous food and raging waters. These two early civilizations were Mesopotamia and Egypt. Although many similarities can be drawn between the two, they each proved to be very different from each other in social, political, and religious systems as well as their stability and defeat.…
A civilization is a society in advanced state of social development. Mesopotamia and Egypt are some of the oldest civilizations on history. One of the most important steps taken for a civilization to occur was the agricultural revolution. This was when man stopped being nomadic and begun to settle down permanently or for long periods of time in one specific area and began living off the lands and raising animals, this as we know is known as the agricultural revolution. Other steps that helped towards the occurrence of civilizations were suitable geographical locations. They needed a reliable water and food source and sometimes good areas for defense or they built their own.…
Mesopotamia and Egypt are similar in a variety of ways, especially considering that Mesopotamia pre-dates Egypt, so it is easy to see the connections between the two. One of the major difference between the two societies was how their systems of class worked, Mesopotamia was more fair towards all people rather than Egypt which was extremely bias and segregated. Furthermore, they varied in the ways they punished convicts, but shared similarities in punishments for capital crimes. Lastly, there were many similarities between the women in both societies, which relates back to Egypt being a later version of Mesopotamia essentially.…
Within the many River Valley civilizations, there were many reasons with how they differed and how they were similar. For example, two of the civilizations, Mesopotamia and Egypt, had many similarities and differences about their customs and ideals. A few similarities between the civilizations were their agricultural ways and religions. A difference was their state building, expansion and conflict.…
Considerable attention is given to a specific set of myths: those stories that deal with the creation of the world. Cosmogonic myths try to resolve the problem of man's search for meaning in existence“. Accounts of the beginning of the world are the quintessential form of myth” (Paden, 1994, p. 85). Different stories of creation are evidence of different worldviews. Hopi and Japanese creation myth deals with the origin of human kind. While they both narrate how the world and human being were created, they utilize different metaphors. The Japanese myth imagines chaos at the beginning. Earth and heavens came together to create harmony. Cosmos and order were brought where disorder and infinite operated. Void was filled and many divinities appeared. They were created in order to organize and “preside over the land, sea, mountains, river, trees and herbs” (Japanese Creation Myth). For Hopi, gods…
The Ancient Greeks and Romans both began their histories as city-states. While the coastline and the mountainous terrain of the Greek peninsula isolated the various Greek cities from one another, the city of Rome was located in the middle of north-south boarder. Bordered on the east with mountains and on the west by the sea. Therefore, Rome was exposed to the migrations of people from the Po River in the north and Sicily in the south.…
The Ancient Egyptians, Mesopotamia, and Greeks were some of the oldest complex societies, although similar in many aspects. Mesopotamia is located in the Fertile Crescent, land in and between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers usually known as modern day Iraq and Eastern Syria.(24) In Egypt, the Nile River creates a fertile valley which is rich in nutrients and essential to their survival. The Nile flows from Burundi, slightly south of the equator eventually traveling through Egypt and into the Mediterranean. Ancient Greece is situated very closely to Egypt so trading was easy between them. How are these three civilizations comparable and different? The Purpose of this essay is to compare and contract Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece, Using the features of a complex society Subsistence, Social Stratification, Government, and Economic Systems.…
The Egyptians and the Greeks were two of the greatest civilizations to have ever waked the earth. Both have a long and celebrated history of contribution in various fields. One of which being art. There are many similarities between Greek and Egyptian art, but they have many more differences between them and that’s what I’m going to focus on in this paper.…
What developments in civilization can be recognized from the writings and laws of Mesopotamia and Egypt?…
In the Norse creation story of Odin and Ymir, there are multiple gods that all lend a hand in the creation of the earth. Where as in Genesis, there is one god who creates the earth. In the Norse creation story, the humans were created from logs on the beach. In Genesis, Adam was made of dust from the ground and breath of life, and Eve was made from Adam's rib. In Genesis Man was created second, in comparison to the Gods being second in Norse. In addition, God was created first in Genesis, and in the Norse Creation Ymir the frost giant was created first. Throughout the Norse Creation Story, it portrays the gods as being closer in equality with everything else on earth.…
Some similarities between ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt were that both had the earliest traces of written language and was used for easier communication but only the rich could write. Not only did ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt civilizations both grew up in the north eastern along the Nile river but even though these two were similar in many ways, they were unique as well.…
Have you ever wondered about the social classes in ancient times? The Society of Ancient India, China, and Egypt had many similarities but, they did have a few differences. During class we learned about the three societies and learned that India and Egypt were very similar, with only a few slight differences. Although, China had a much different society that focused on completely different goals than the other two.…