religion‚ art and architecture‚ cities‚ geography‚ social‚ public works‚ political‚ economy‚ and intellectual. There are six total civilizations Rome‚ Greece‚ Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ Indus Valley‚ and China. Greece and Rome are the only two not located in river valleys. Mesopotamia was formed along the Tigris and Euphrates River. When Mesopotamia was first formed it was located in Asia‚ it is today’s Iran and Iraq.Next is Egypt‚ Egypt was located in Africa along the Nile River. It is the country of Egypt
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seen in the development of the first cities from a rural society was that they were found along major river systems. This was advantageous for agricultural societies to feed their people or trade with other cities (26). The river valleys around Mesopotamia produced some of the earliest cities in history and were found along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (35). Some river valleys‚ like those found around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were so muddy that they had to be constantly irrigated in order
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE BIBLE AMONG THE MYTHS JOHN‚ N. OSWALT A SUMMARY PAPER OF THE TEXT ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN THOUGHT AND THE OLD TESTAMENT SUBMITTED TO DR. RANDY G. HANEY DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY BY 03 MARCH 2013 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: HISTORY AND METHODS 3 CHAPTER 2: COMPARATIVE STUDIES‚ SCHOLARSHIP‚ AND THEOLOGY 6 CHAPTER 3: SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 10 CHAPTER 4: THE GODS 14 CHAPTER 5: TEMPLES AND RITUALS 19 CHAPTER 6: STATE AND FAMILY
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Primary sources: Birth Legend of Sargon‚ Sargon‚ King of Battle Secondary sources: Kramer‚ Samuel Noah. 1963. The Sumerians: Their History‚ Culture‚ and Character. The University of Chicago Press; Chicagpo. Leick‚ Gwendolyn. 2001. Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City. Penguin Books; New York Topic 2 Reasons for and examples of poor leadership • Examine the Legend of Naram-sin and how he was a disastrous leader and caused the downfall of his civilization. Look at his stela that
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with the invention of writing‚ founded by the great civilization of Egypt and Mesopotamia. In this period appear the first great cities in the main big rivers: Nile‚ Tigris and Euphrates‚ Indus and yellow river. One of the great advances of this period was writing‚ generated primarily by the need to keep records of economical and commercial nature. The first writing code was the cuneiform script‚ which emerged in Mesopotamia 3500 BCE‚ written on clay tablets. It was based on pictographic and ideographic
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While visiting the Los Angeles County Museum of Art I was struck by a piece by the title of Fragment of a Painted Assyrian Relief. This piece‚ made by the Akkadian culture during the Mesopotamia Era‚ is approximately 10 3/8 x 5. 1 ¾ inch in size. This fine‚ yet very ancient‚ work is crafted out of limestone. Fine‚ durable‚ brown stone and red pigment‚ it is especially found in Northern Iraq. Having a short written record‚ this relief sculpture once formed part of a much larger composition‚ and it
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Geography is the study of climate‚ location‚ topography‚ resources‚ and people. The study of how people are affected where they live. Through history many civilizations have developed by rivers‚ like Mesopotamia and India. Mesopotamia evolved due to being located near the Tigris and Euphrates River. India progressed because of the Indus River. They built many jobs and cities due to what the rivers provided. The Egyptian civilization was significantly affected by the Nile River because it provided
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the greatest pieces of literature from the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia known to modern scholars. It was found among ruins in Ninevah in the form of twelve large tablets‚ dating from 2‚000 B. C. This heroic poem is named for its hero‚ Gilgamesh‚ a tyrannical Babylonian king who ruled the city of Uruk. According to the myth‚ the gods responded to prayers and sent a wild brutish man‚ Enkidu‚ to challenge Gilgamesh to a wrestling match. When the contest ends‚
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient poem/literature from Mesopotamia (present day Iraq). The Epic of Gilgamesh is amongst the earliest work of literature known to man. This Literature was originally inscribed on 12 clay tablets in cuneiform script. This literature explores the adventures of Gilgamesh‚ the historical part-god and part-human King of Uruk (one of the many cities in ancient Mesopotamia). This literature also explores the boundaries of love‚ friendship‚ death‚ immortality‚ and life as
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2.5 mil years=human exisitence Human drawbacks—Aggressive‚ babies are dependent‚ aware of death‚ back problems from upright stature Human benefits—Regular sex drive‚ manipulate objects with opposable thumb‚ facial expressions‚ speech‚ distinctive brain‚ omnivores help us live in multiple climates and settings Paleolithic Age—old stone age‚ simple tool use of rocks and sticks‚ fire tamed 14‚000 years ago‚ emphasis on more erect stature and growth in size of brain=homos erectus‚ developed and spread
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