Period 9 9-5-10 Compare and Contrast Essay Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley Throughout the ages; societies around the world have been compared and contrasted‚ this is due to the growing interests of the human mind. Although the Indus River Valley was complex and exceptionally organized due to it’s agricultural opportunities‚ Mesopotamia serves as a more remarkable society. Known for being the ‘cradle of civilization’‚ Mesopotamia formed a benchmark as the most ancient highly developed
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Indus And Vedic Civilisation There is much to be contrasted between the cultures of the Harappans and the Aryans. There are indeed a few points of similarities‚ but they are not of any significance. Why the points of contrast are more is primarily because of geographic location‚ economic activity and the religious practices followed by both the cultures. Far more important is the fact that the Aryans‚ with a plasticity of mind‚ made life vibrant; whereas‚ the Indus life looks more like stylized
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Before 600 BCE in the Ancient River Civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ they developed cultures that share similar religious beliefs and writing systems‚ but different types of architectural monumental buildings. Mesopotamia and Egypt had similar religious beliefs. Mesopotamia was a polytheistic religion. They had gods like UR and Uruk. Egypt was also a polytheistic religion‚with gods like Isis and Osiris. They created different gods which helped to explain why different things occurred
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Mrs. Robbins Why where the Indus and Ganges river Valleys ideal locations for early settlement? The Indus and Ganges river valleys are ideal locations for early settlements. Some of the reasons are good water supply‚ good farmland‚ and rivers for trade. And those are just some of the reasons people choose to live there. Why were the Indus and Ganges river valleys ideal locations for early settlement? They were ideal because they were ideal because they were by rivers so you would always have
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Explain the rise of civilization in one of the following locations: Ancient Egypt‚ Indus River Valley‚ or Mesopotamia. Egypt‚ otherwise known as the “Gift of the Nile”‚ started as small villages along the great Nile River‚ and slowly became greater to the point of city-states‚ and eventually a great empire. The small villages evolved into the thriving civilization by three major doings; commercial trade along the river influencing and ultimately boosting their economy‚ architecture that has lasted
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Ancient river civilizations in the Mediterranean as well as Central and South America denote some of the world’s first civilizations. The Phoenician’s civilization was founded in what is now Lebanon‚ Syria‚ and parts of northern Africa‚ the Chavin society developed around modern day Peru where the Mosna and huachescsa rivers merge. The Phoenician civilization created their society around 1100 B.C.E and the Chavín civilization was established around from 900 B.C.E. The Phoenician and the Chavin showed
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for a community of people to be characterized as a civilization by comparing and contrasting how well the societies of the Indus River Valley and the Huanghe (Shang Dynasty) River Valley meet the criteria. Use the PERSIAN charts to guide your comparative analysis of these similarities and differences. The term civilization refers to a complex human society‚ in which people live in groups of settled dwellings. Growth and decline of civilizations depended on several traits such as complex government
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World Ancient China Analysis Many people pose the question of why China matters‚ but in actuality China matters a lot. Ancient China gave off cultural advances and by 1600 CE; China was the most advanced state in the world. China is praised admired because they had their own way of creating a civilization‚ other than mocking Egyptian ways. Geographically‚ Ancient had two major rivers in which they produced from‚ the Yangtze River and the Yellow River‚ which is where the first civilization emerged
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India India is a country in South Asia. It is the Seventh-Largest country by area and second-largest by population with over 1.2 billion people and most populous democracy in the world. Home to the Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires. Four major world religions‚ Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism and Sikhism originated there‚ while Zoroastrianism‚ Judaism‚ Christianity and Islam arrived in the first millennium CE and shaped the region’s diverse culture.
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While reading chapter one in our text book‚ I learned about the ancient civilizations that are no longer around. I noticed how different their cultures were from ours today. However‚ those are the foundations of who we are. Starting with the Paleolithic people‚ they were the groundwork for all humankind. Life for them was basic and simple. They didn?t wake up and wonder what they were going to wear. The men were hunters and gatherers‚ and the women were caregivers and producers. That is a theme
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