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    poems‚ myths‚ medical recipes and records of battle‚ legal documents‚ trade transactions and even magic spells. Scribes‚ wrote with hieroglyphics on walls of temples but mostly papyrus‚ an early form paper. Mesopotamian scribes‚ instead of writing on papyrus wrote on clay tablets. Mesopotamians are credited with inventing the earliest form of writing‚ Cuneiform. With the use of reed styluses‚ they carved pictographs into clay tablets and left the tablets to dry. Even though both civilizations had

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    Most biblical historians and theological scholars have determined that the Great Flood as told in Genesis occurred sometime around 2500BC. In Genesis 6 through 8 it tells of how God who became dissatisfied with the wickedness of mankind causes a flood in order to destroy mankind. Before the flood‚ however‚ God finds a righteous man and tells him to build an ark for his family and the animals of the earth in order for them to repopulate the Earth after the flood. The rains begin causing a flood that

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    Aaliyah Walker 8-31-12 2nd block Mesopotamia and Egypt were societies that developed at roughly the same time period and grew along some mighty rivers. Politically‚ the Mesopotamian and Egyptian kings were different. Also‚ socially‚ they were different in their attitudes towards religion‚ with Mesopotamians lacking the relationship with gods and goddesses and Egyptian people having a relationship with their gods. However‚ they were similar with the negative treatment of the women in their society

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient Mesopotamian epic about a king who is two thirds god and one third man. The king does not meet his expectations of leadership as he is selfish and often angers the Gods. When his companion Enkidu dies‚ Gilgamesh goes off on a quest to attain immortality. He fails in this quest and eventually dies‚ but through his travel he came to terms with his own mortality and his greatness lived on. While the main characters are men‚ women have small but important roles in

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    Final Paper For my final paper I will be comparing and contrasting how women were affected and regulated by the Code of Hammurabi and the Laws of Manu‚ and will examine the mythological evidence and materials related to Ancient Mesopotamian polytheism‚ Egyptian polytheism‚ and Hinduism. The Laws of Manu were compiled over the years between 200 - 400 C.E. While the position of women in early Vedic India had been good‚ these laws illustrate the efforts of the Brahmin elite to restrict

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    goddesses) like in the Huarochiri Manuscript. These deities do not give birth to the world but simply interact with each other quite similarly to how the people of the South America interacted with each other when it was written. Others‚ like the Mesopotamian creation epic‚

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    self-sacrifice by participants‚ it was an elaboration of the Sun Dance common to many Plains tribes”. This shows that the Mandan were very devoted to their religion and took it really seriously. This also shows that they devoted a lot of their time to Animism and practiced it throughout their lives. The Mandan men and women all had certain roles within their society. Men were the ones who went to war‚ and went on long hunts to get food for their families. The women farmed and stayed at home to take care

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    Dr. Stephen Kucera - Chapter 1 Summary/Reaction In the introduction the author discusses his feelings about the importance of scientific literacy for our civilization. Currently‚ a swift and far reaching biocide is in progress and there may be ramifications for our civilization if we do not begin to address these issues soon. I agree with the author because I feel that our society has become so insulated from the effects of nature on our lives that we have lost a great deal of respect for it

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    Sub-Saharan Africa: Change and Continuity Essay Summaries Period 3 1 600-1450: Trade Routes and Their Impacts by Stephanie Lin 2 100-1450: Politics by Rebecca Lee-McFadden 3 1450-1750: Politics and Economics by Emma Loh 4 Sub-Saharan Africa’s Relationship to Global Trade Patterns - 1750 to the Present by Douglas Chee 5 1450-Present: Religion by LJ Cabutaje 6 1914-Present: Formation of National Identities by George Kitsios a using evidence from specific countries

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    society. Environmental and geographical factors highly influenced both Egyptian and Mesopotamian society. Both civilizations had periodic flooding occurring nearby. This could be viewed in both a positive and negative outlook‚ but unfortunately for Mesopotamia‚ residents had to deal with the Tigris and Euphrates River which caused irregular flooding and this then resulted in unstable agriculture‚ making the Mesopotamians come up with other ways to make things all the more convenient. Egypt on the other

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