Mesopotamia shared some similarities in their economic and social aspects of civilization‚ they differed greatly culturally and in their political order. There are known to be many parallels between the famous Old Kingdom Egyptians and Ancient Mesopotamians. In particular‚ they had very similar economies in terms of the kind of work they did‚ what they produced‚ and how they distributed it. Either civilization probably would not have existed if it weren’t for the Agricultural Revolution that began
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Creation Story Extra Credit The Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations are similar yet differ in the way in which they were created. Civilizations were created years and years ago with many mythological characters and beliefs. Religion‚ gender‚ culture‚ gods‚ and society are impact the creation of these civilizations. In each of these civilizations‚ “we” come from the same place‚ the Water. In the Egyptian creation story‚ the first thing that existed was the ocean. The ocean then laid an egg
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civilizations emerged from this continent. But after more and more civilizations were developed‚ people began to move to different continents‚ and start a civilization. Hammurabi’s Code is significant because of the insight it provided for the Mesopotamian society. The set of laws was based on the three social classes of Mesopotamia‚ because the three classes was extremely important to the people‚ and it kept the people organized. The punishments for if someone did not follow Hammurabi’s Code was
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At the gate‚ the dead had to give up all their possessions. The Mesopotamians believed that this same path was taken by babies to be born and by the dead to visit their families for remembrance rites (Segal 95). The Mesopotamian journey to the afterlife seems to be closely related to the Egyptian journey‚ where the dead had to pass the seven gates guarded by gatekeepers. They both weren’t all too pleasant either. The Mesopotamian afterlife could be compared to imprisonment‚ where the relatives
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Mesopotamia built huge structures even though they were the first civilization ever but‚ just because they were the first civilization doesn’t mean that they were perfect. In fact‚ the mesopotamian city-states didn’t have much in common at all‚ causing them to fight. Mesopotamia was a very advanced civilization. Mesopotamians had very little in common. It was established between two rivers at a little earlier than 3100 BC. Mesopotamia was the first civilization ever‚ was able to build huge structures‚
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Music and musical instruments Much of the music in the Mesopotamian era consisted of singing‚ and songs. Some songs were written for the gods but many were written to describe important events. Although music and songs amused kings‚ they were also enjoyed by ordinary people who liked to sing and dance in their
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thing that I noticed after comparing Ancient Egyptian‚ Mesopotamian and Paleolithic European art is that some of the Paleolithic art is more realistic than the Neolithic art is. I feel that the Paleolithic people of Europe spent more time observing the animals than Mesopotamians and Egyptians did because they were not busy developing agriculture‚ massive architecture and religion. Paleolithic animals are portrayed much differently than Mesopotamian and Egyptian art in five ways; abstract form‚ religious
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and enjoyed their leisure time. However‚ the Egyptians believed that the land was intimately tied to their personal salvation and they had a deep fear of dying beyond the borders of Egypt.” For this reason they did not travel afar much. As for Mesopotamian culture‚ referring to chapter two of John Heise’s ’Akkadian language’‚ “two cultural groups form the principal elements in the population of Mesopotamia‚ these are the Sumerians and the Akkadians.” They lived peacefully together and in all periods
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civilisations across different phases of the Mesopotamian era. Even though the civilisations occur through different times‚ there was continuity and also evolution in both sacred and residential architecture. In addition to similarities between periods‚ there were also completely new architectural concepts both in the plan and functionality of the space. Religion and its relation with the natural landscape played a foremost role in the life of Mesopotamians and together with different social‚ economic
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Mesopotamian religion saw humans as the servants of the gods‚ who had to be appeased for protection. Egyptians believed that the gods created all humans but were also controlled by the principle of maat‚ or order. Unlike followers of Mesopotamian religion‚ the Egyptians had a strong belief in the afterlife‚ which they expressed by building elaborate tombs such as the pyramids. The Sumerian afterlife involved a descent into a gloomy netherworld to spend eternity in a wretched existence as a Gidim
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