Lindsay Evans AP World Euro Fourth Block Friday August 27‚ 2010 Egypt and Mesopotamia Compare Contrast Essay Ancient Mesopotamia went through many different empires that shared similar parts cultural traits‚ where as Egypt went through several different rulers‚ but only a few dynasties. Mesopotamia lied in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers‚ and its main empires existed from 1650 BCE to around 330 BCE. The ancient Egyptian empires went through four main phases: The Archaic Period (3100-2600
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Geography in the Shaping of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia During the Bronze Age physical geography played many roles in the shaping of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia had many differences but also had their similarities. Their water sources‚ resources‚ protection‚ and the society all affected how these civilizations lived. Physical geography played an important role in the shaping of the civilizations of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Where the role of rivers was
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archaeologists‚ the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia had its first settlements dating back since 10‚000 BCE. Due to this‚ it is considered as one of the birthplace of civilizations. Mesopotamia was also known as “the country between two rivers.” (Chilvers‚ 2007) These two rivers that surrounded this fertile land were the Tigris and the Euphrates. I believe that both rivers were one of the significant environmental factors that contributed to the development of the ancient civilization known
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The civilizations of ancient Egypt‚ Mesopotamia and China were all different but were also developed similar ways of doing things. The political‚ economic and intellectual outlooks of these ancient peoples say a lot about their ways of life. The religious views of Egypt and Mesopotamia were rather different. II. Politics The political thinking of these ancient civilizations definitely had their differences and also their similarities. A. Mesopotamia Mesopotamia was divided into city-states
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Mesopotamia VS Egypt In discussing the ancient world‚ many aspects in ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt seem to be different and similar in different ways. Mesopotamia and Egypt differ in the way their kings govern and the social standings of woman. But were the similar in how religion played a big part in their lives. Mesopotamians kingship difference from Egypt in the way they governed. In Mesopotamia kings were the representatives of the gods. Also in Mesopotamia kings followed Hammurabi’s
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IMPORTANCE OF NON VERBALCOMMUNICATION IN PROFESSIONALLIFE ! What you do‚ says more than the words you use. Nonverbal communication accounts for themajority of what is heard and understood by a listener. Nonverbal communication has theability to persuade‚ confuse and empower the people directly around you. When your verbalcommunication and nonverbal communication agree‚ the message you are communicatingwill be better understood and digested.Nonverbal communication can be defined as the communication
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Mesopotamia was a polytheistic society that placed great importance on the worship of gods and goddesses. Their association of these gods and goddesses with the forces of nature may have been the result of intense changes in climate that ranged from rainstorms to long term droughts. The Mesopotamian society believed that the city of Babylon was founded by Marduk‚ a hero-god‚ who was the child of the goddess Wisdom. It was believed that Marduk created humans to serve the deities which is reflected
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Comparing Egypt and Mesopotamia Dating back to 3‚500 B.C. these two ancient cultures had many similarities and differences. These two ancient civilizations portrayed many similarities and differences in their cultures. The two similarities between Egyptian and Mesopotamian culture are religion and the practice in polytheism‚ and agriculture and the how Egypt and Mesopotamia relied greatly on rivers for their irrigation. The one major difference between Egyptian and Mesopotamian society is social
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a. The visual arts of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt are similar and different in various ways. In Mesopotamia‚ animals were of great artistic characteristics within the visual works of art. For example the Plaque from the Soundbox of Great Lyre‚ Ur shows the use of animals within the artwork that was used for the tomb of a King’s grave. “The bearded bull’s head is a symbol of royalty often seen in Mesopotamia art.” This shows how important animals were within the culture and especially because it
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The ancient civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia had some similarities as well as diffrencecs. Mesopotamia ran from the 3500-529 B.C.E which included the Sumerian period‚ Akkadian period‚ Babylonian period‚ Kassite period‚ and Assyrian period. Ancient Egypt lasted from 3200-663 B.C.E through the Old Kingdom‚ Middle Kingdom‚ New Kingdom‚ and Late Period (Cunningham‚ Reich). Both of these civilization’s geographical conditions played a major role in their ascension‚ and decline. They both had great
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