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    Early Mesopotamian Architecture * Eridu – is the first significant example of the initial association of the Mesopotamian tradition in architecture with that of the Sumerians . * Warka – was by far the largest of the Sumerian cities which eventually‚ in the Early Dynastic Period .The two major areas of the city with important buildings were the Eanna and the Annu precincts‚ associated with the mother goddess and the sky god respectively‚ and dating back to the late fifth millennium B.C

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    Civilizations are the cradles of humanity. Without this‚ we are an unorganized clutter of people with no chance of survival. But in a civilization‚ we depend on one another to keep the world stable and insure one another’s ability to live successfully. A civilization is many things but an accurate definition is “the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.” This shows that a civilization is very advanced form of life where there is a lot of social interaction

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    The Nile River civilization was centered around its namesake river. The Nile stretches 4‚ 258 miles‚ from the top of northeastern Africa in Egypt to Tanzania. This civilization is of the most well known African civilizations. Spanning almost 3‚000 years‚ the civilization grew in power and influence creating an empire and leaving a mark on history that will long be remembered. The Indus River Valley Civilization‚ also named after its river‚ was located in what is now Pakistan and northern India. The

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    Allison Bell HUM 302 October 21‚ 2012 Egyptian Art and Sculptures Ancient Egyptian art is the painting‚ sculpture‚ architecture and other arts produced by the civilization in the lower Nile Valley from 5000 BC to 300 AD. Ancient Egyptian Art reached a level in painting and sculpting that was highly stylistic and symbolic. A lot of the art that was discovered and saved came from tombs and monuments therefore there is an extreme emphasis on life after death and an emphasis on preserving the

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    society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts‚ letters‚ manners‚ scholarly pursuits. The Egyptian culture aspects are different to American culture. Those aspects that I based my information off art & literature‚ religion‚ and social organization. American and Egyptians are both very different but similar . One way they are different is religion. Egyptians are polytheistic which means that they believe in many gods‚ such as Mut the mother goddess of writing which was very

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    Since the dawn of time‚ Homo Sapiens have developed and evolved in a short time‚ relative to Earth’s history‚ into a advanced and special civilization we know today as present day society. The beginnings of civilization 2.5 million years ago was known as the Paleolithic Age which ends at 12‚000 BCE and leads directly into the Mesolithic Age which ends at 8‚000 BCE. These two eras‚ Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Age‚ although share similar developments such as new technologies and dominion‚ they also

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    Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. The Indian Civilizations lived on the Indian Peninsula. The Indian peninsula is located north of the Indian Ocean‚ and east of Africa‚ west of China and south of Russia. The Brazilian Civilizations lived in modern-day Brazil‚ which is a large area of rainforest in eastern South America. The Inuit Civilization lived in what is today Greenland‚ a large island north of Canada. In this paper‚ I will talk about three different civilizations that were visited by Portugal. All of

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    TRADE AND TRADERS OF MESOPOTAMIAN UR Mesopotamia extended north along the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers and consisted of two cultures: Sumerian in the south and Akkadian to the north‚ each with its own language‚ but shared a lifestyle based upon farming and the raising of sheep and goats. The Ur III dynasty became capital the Summer and Akkad in the late third millennium He dug new irrigation canals and dredged old ones to increase agricultural activity and to promote the international trade. For the

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    There were many civilizations in the Mesoamerican area. The Mayan and the Aztec were the two major civilization. Both civilizations had a society‚ government‚ and achievements. Both the Aztec and Mayan had a firm society. The society of the Aztec and Maya was divided into nobles‚ commoners‚ serfs‚ and slaves. The slaves usually were enslaved as a punishment for certain crimes or for not paying back debt in the Mayan society. Slaves were usually killed when their owners died‚ so they can serve their

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    Impact of Fertile Crescent Cultures The Sumerians and Babylonians have about the same religions. They do the same things like they sacrifice animals and they have five gods. The wind‚ sun‚ sea‚ sky and moon. Since they believed in these gods the people made little sculptures of them so they can still be worshiped. They have a temple in middle of the city they have a shrine of all their gods so they can worship them. The priests are one of the only jobs that the priests can go inside the temple

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