of nature. People that see nature as living beings are called animism. Animism is mostly Native Americans or Europeans who have traveled to America. They believe that trees‚ rocks‚ the sun‚ the water‚ and animals have souls and that the power that nature has can either help or harm the people. In Black Elk’s quote he does compare life to nature but he does it in a circular way. As discussed before Native Americans are mostly animism and they rely on nature to help or harm them‚ Black Elk’s quote
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They also believed in a powerful forces called spirits. Egyptians practiced the belief through animism or the belief that inanimate objects‚ for example a tree‚ have souls. They believed that these objects had souls within them. It was almost like another person was living inside of the object and when the main object died‚ the soul remained for
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think Hammurabi’s Code of law taught people that everyone is and should be treated equal. 7. According to the cultural epoch theory Mesopotamian civilizations were characterized by period of adaptions and adjustments. 8. In your opinion write a paragraph explaining how you see the application of the cultural Epoch Theory as an explanation of the Mesopotamian civilizations. Cultural Epoch Theory is based on three stages‚ chaos‚ adjustment‚ and balance. There three stages must happen in order
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pattern the gods were called on to confirm a good harvest. The surplus was then given as religious offerings. 4.How did beer civilize man‚ according to the author? a.The Mesopotamians saw drinking beer as way to distinguish between the barbarians and themselves‚ to make them human. It was found that both cultures‚ Mesopotamians and Egyptians‚ were to a stage of cultural advancement because of an agricultural surplus. This food was able to be used as a form of money to pay for public work such as
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Euphrates river valleys‚ giving them more room for agriculture. But the Mesopotamians had to deal with harsh‚ irregular flooding‚ which would often damage their crops. Flooding was a major issue for the farmers in Mesopotamia‚ and there needed to be some form of a solution. Their solution was irrigation. When the river flooded‚ the water wouldn’t all rush over the crops‚ but instead would travel through the canals dug by the Mesopotamians and would leave the crop healthy and hydrated. Since Mesopotamia
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flat country. Also‚ Sargon which is the king the Mesopotamians
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forced to adapt and build in a certain way due to the geography surrounding them which in return chose their destiny. The Egyptians adapted their way of life by building their civilization around the significant advantages of the Nile River. The Mesopotamians were not as lucky to have a river with such stability as the Nile; they were left with the Euphrates and Tigris River which forced them to alter and build their civilization countering the disadvantages they faced. The Indus Valley also adapted
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beliefs of Animism and trading with east to one in which Islam influenced their culture and traded with the dar-al-Islam. The dominance of their own culture and its influence on their religion‚ and the production of bananas‚ however‚ remained constant. Before the introduction of Islam to West Africa‚ their cultural religion dominated the region. Because Africa was so big and widely diverse‚ its religion was hard to categorize under one term. Their religion was based on “animism”‚ in which
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judges and law makers‚ as were kings in Mesopotamia. They did have advisors and religion influenced their policies‚ for example‚ religion in Egypt is the bureaucracy and actions as did in Mesopotamian civilizations. An example of how morals had an influence in the Mesopotamian laws and policies is Mesopotamian king Hammurabi’s Codes Laws on family relationships. In these codes relied heavily on the principle of lex talionis‚ or “the law of retaliation” basically meaning an eye for an eye. Egyptian
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The Egyptian and Mesopotamian societies are two of the oldest civilizations in the history of the world. The Egyptian and Mesopotamian political‚ social‚ and cultural parts of their lives developed differently‚ but there is a similar basis between the two. Although they had similar political systems in that they both were ruled by kings‚ the way they viewed their kings and the way that they both constructed their power differed. Both civilizations constructed their social classes similarly in that
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