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    Mesopotamian Mythology

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    Mesopotamian Mythology The Epic of Gilgamesh Longest and greatest literary composition written cuneiform Akkadian. Story was constantly altered through oral narrative tradition king of Uruk‚ who was two-thirds god and one-third man Although Gilgamesh was godlike in body and mind‚ he began his kingship as a cruel despot. He lorded over his subjects‚ raping any woman ‚whether she was the wife of one of his warriors or the daughter of a nobleman Gilgamesh used force labourers to build his

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    Mesopotamian education

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    Hoda MP1 Mesopotamian education Research question: What was school like? Education in Mesopotamia was very strict. It took place in temples or at academies or homes of priests. Only boys attended school and very few girls. If so‚ the girls needed to be very wealthy because most people went to school to get a good job. And that job was usually

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    Indus River Dolphin

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    How To Protect Endangered Species? Indus River Dolphin Common names: Indus river dolphin‚ bhulan‚ blind river dolphin‚ Indus dolphin‚ side swimming dolphin‚ Plataniste de l’Indus (Fr)‚ Delfín del Indo (Sp) Scientific name: Plantanista minor What are Indus river dolphins? The Indus River dolphin (Platanista minor) is one of the world’s rarest mammals and the second most endangered freshwater river dolphin. The species is characterized by a long beak‚ rounded belly‚ stocky body‚ very small dorsal

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    remained under Persian rule until the 7th century Muslim conquest of Persia of the Sasanian Empire. Many rulers self-declared themselves rulers from 5000-3500 BCE. So while romantic love did play a part in Mesopotamian marriages‚ it is true that‚ according to the customs and expectations of Mesopotamian society‚ marriage was a legal contract between the father of a girl and another man (the groom‚ as in the case of the bride auction where the groom paid the girl’s father the bride-price) or‚ more commonly

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    The Indus Water Treaty

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    The Indus Water Treaty Pakistan is an agricultural country. Eighty percent of its agricultural output comes from the Indus Basin. Pakistan has one of the world’s largest canal systems built much before Independence by the British. After Independence‚ problems between the two countries arose over the distribution of water. Rivers flow into Pakistan territory from across India. In 1947‚ when Punjab was divided between the two countries‚ many of the canal head-works remained with India. The division

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    Mesopotamian Art Analysis

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    the Mesopotamian artwork above is a low relief sculpture plaque made out of ivory-colored stone‚ which is rendered through subtractive techniques such as carving and chiseling. One can tell that both techniques

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    River Valleys

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    characteristics that make up Earth’s surface include various climates‚ countries‚ peoples‚ and natural resources. River valleys‚ mountains‚ deserts‚ islands‚ rainforest‚ and climate are some structures that are considered as geographical features. A geographical feature such as river valleys had an importance in the ways people lived in earlier civilizations. These river valleys have had positively and negatively affected these early civilizations such as Egypt‚ India‚ and China. As people started

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    influenced by religion was Mesopotamia‚ as seen from their texts such as the Enuma Elish. Mesopotamian worldviews contrast from modern worldviews‚ which in turn cause our perspectives on every aspect of life to vary. One aspect in which modern and Mesopotamian views disagree is the topic of origin. Many with a modern‚ Christian worldview believe there is only one God and He created the world. The Mesopotamians‚ according to the Enuma Elish‚ believed in multiple gods and they seemingly were constantly

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    However‚ the Ancient Mesopotamian civilization has had the most significant influence on western civilization. The Mesopotamian civilization is claimed to be one of the “Cradles of human civilization”‚ this due to the southern Mesopotamian area having the earliest documented formed cities in around 3500 BC. Another reason for as to why the Mesopotamian civilization is the most significant is because of their early development of law and government. The final reason the Mesopotamian civilization has the

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    respective to the environments that they occupy. In the early Mesopotamian civilization‚ they practiced religion based on deities of the environment. Similarly to the Mesopotamians‚ early Egyptian civilization also had deities of the environment including deities of the Sun‚ the Moon‚ and the Desert. Both resulting civilizations practiced religion that focused on their relationship with the environment they inhabited. The Mesopotamian civilization was one of the most successful initial civilizations

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