1. What aspects of life in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt made them the first Western civilizations? To what extent does civilization depend on urban life? What are the general characteristics of urban life that can be identified regardless of historical period? Mesopotamia and Egypt gained knowledge to successfully sustain and utilize their surroundings. They also built canals to supply water‚ and utilized the soil to grow crops for trade. In doing this‚ it helped produce surpluses sufficient
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2. Religion in the Ancient Orient Religion for the people in the Ancient Orient was very important. Each people had its own religion: there were monotheistic and polytheistic religions. The Egyptians had several gods they believed in. The most famous ones are: - Ra: it was the beginning of everything‚ and the hawk-headed god of sun who is holding a Sun disk - Shu and Tefnut: they are the children of Ra; Shu is the god of dryness‚ Tefnut is the god of humidity - Osiris and Isis: they are
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afterlife existed among many ancient civilizations. It was met as a way of understanding the present or as a way to predict the future depending on their needs. As such‚ in order to explain the unknown phenomenon that impacted their daily life‚ early tribes saw natural events as simple as the rain and the winds or birth and death and regarded them to be controlled by supernatural powers related to the gods‚ demons‚ the moon‚ the sun or other external driving forces. Ancient people sought protection
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Brandon John ADP‚ SCS/1108/029 Question 2: Philosophy in Ancient Greece and its Influence on Western Culture “My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you ’ll be happy; if not‚ you ’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates‚ Greek philosopher Socrates‚ like many of the greatest minds in history‚ was rather different from others in his time. In the quote above‚
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There were many events in Ancient Greece that were turning points in the history of Greece. The formation of the Delian League was one of them. In the following paragraphs‚ the Delian League will be explained as to what it was‚ how it was formed‚ and how it affected everyone involved throughout the time it existed (both negatively and positively). First‚ the Delian League was an agreement made between Athens‚ and the Aegean coastal regions as well as the Ionian islands as to a naval force to continue
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Ancient China In ancient Chinese cosmology‚ the universe was created not by divinities but self-generated from the interplay of nature’s basic duality: the active‚ light‚ dry‚ warm‚ positive‚ masculine yang and the passive‚ dark‚ cold‚ moist‚ negative yin. All things‚ animate and inanimate‚ and all circumstances were a combination of these fundamentals. The ultimate principle of the universe was the tao‚ "the way‚" and it determined the proper proportions of yin and yang in everything. Anything
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Ancient India India is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. Its ancient history dates back further than most and has many periods. Very little is known about the earliest inhabitants of India. Ancient tools found in the Soan Valley and South India are the earliest evidence of humans in India discovered so far. Some of the tools date back to the Paleolithic Age – 400‚000 to 200‚000 years ago‚ other tools date to the Mesolithic Age and the Neolithic Age (8000 BC – 4000 BC). The first
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in Chinese history. As a result‚ it is difficult to ascertain exactly what these ancient beauties looked like. Through the poem Mulberries by the Path‚ we can get a glimpse of Eastern Han’s standards of female beauty. Unlike the modern ideal on female beauty‚ the ancient Chinese standard on beauty included much more than the physical trait of the female. They say “beauty is only skin deep” but the citizens of ancient Chinese dynasties may disagree. Confucian notions of female beauty on the relationship
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of Ancient World‚ perhaps because of its size. The foundation of the temple was measured over 350 by 180 feet [about 110 by 55 meters] in size; probably one of the largest temples built in the ancient times. Temple of Artemis was built around 323 BC in Ayasalouk‚ Turkey. The city was once called Ephesus. The whole temple was built as a dedication to the Greek Goddess Artemis. When discussing about Greek Architecture‚ the most distinctive element is the classical orders. Columns in Ancient Greek
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Law and Order was the hallmark of the Egyptians. False Write a BRIEF description of the following‚ remember to set them in time and place. 1. Amurru Amurru was an Amorite kingdom located at the territory that spans modern western and north-western Syria and northern of modern Lebanon‚ which made up northern Syrian during the 14th–12th centuries BC. The first documented leader of Amurru was Abdi-Ashirta‚ under whose leadership Amurru was part of the Egyptian empire. His son Aziru made contact with
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