Babylonian - Mesopotamians discovered many of the basic tools we use today. The wheel‚ arch‚ chisel‚ saw‚ lever‚ and pulley were all invented during Mesopotamian times. These discoveries led to a knowledge of architecture‚ which was used in the ziggurats and Hanging Gardens of Babylon. - They created the first calendar system that divided the year into weeks. They did not stop there. Mesopotamians divided the days into hours‚ minutes‚ and seconds. - The world’s first written language
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they both had similar structures‚ Egypt had more of a middle class in their structure‚ while Mesopotamia’s structure had much more of an upper class because of the city states. Proof of these divisions in social structure was the ziggurats in Mesopotamia and the pyramids in Egypt. These monumental structures were set up for their own ruler‚ with middle class growing and creating what would make up the structure‚ while the lower class constructed the actual monumental structure. Another part of their
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Chapter One Notes Before Civilization (Circa Lorraine) Culture: constituted by learned patterns of action and expression FOOD GATHERING AND STONE TECHNOLOGY Stone tool-making first appeared around 2 million years ago Stone Age Lasted from 2 million to about 4‚000 years ago Misleading label: bone‚ skin and wood just survive poorly Paleolithic = Old Stone Age Neolithic = New Stone Age Foundations of science‚ art‚ and religion begin here May have believed in afterlife In game-rich areas
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empire. | *Stele is inscribed in stone labs.*Egyptians built their pyramids‚ statues and monuments out of stone. | Mesopotamia | Located in Iraq; a desert Tigris & Euphrates. Mesopotamia land between the 2 main rivers called “fertile crescent” due to its rich soil. | Many harsh or punishing gods of nature. | *Mesopotamia cities were actually city- states. Led by the king.*The center of each city-state was the ziggurat (temple). | By 3200 BCE Sumerians invented cuneiform‚ a true writing
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Why is Mesopotamia interesting? Mesopotamia is interesting because of it’s weather and climate. Mesopotamia’s Weather is semiarid and hot but the climate is extremely fertile perfect for growing crops. The geography of Mesopotamia has a lot of wood and water and other resources for use. Mesopotamia has a lot of climate resources and geography resources that need to be studied. Mesopotamian’s had a lot beautiful trees‚ plants‚ and flowers also Mesopotamian’s climate was interesting because of it
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period in what became the Agricultural Revolution. Both ancient Mesopotamian and ancient Egypt religion focused on the gods as living forces of nature. Ancient Mesopotamia would build shrines and ziggurats dedicated to their city god or goddess. In comparison Egyptians would make shrines as enormous pyramids to worship there god or pharaoh. The views of both civilizations varied from their geographical location and their ability to prosper. Both civilizations revolved mainly around their religion‚ and
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Ancient Civilization Comparative Essay Without any form of rapid long distance communication as we have today‚ Egypt and Mesopotamia built their civilizations with inadvertent similarities and differences between their political and social structures. Given the facts that Egypt was unified and Mesopotamia was a collection of city states‚ both had common writing forms amongst them‚ but not all were literate due to the sharply contrasting social hierarchy. Even though Egypt believed in a fulfilling
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educated to perform this task. Architectural innovations were abundant for the Sumerians. They used mud bricks in order to build walled cities‚ temples and palaces. Within these structures the Sumerians built arches‚ columns‚ ramps‚ and the pyramid-shaped ziggurat. In technology‚ the Sumerians developed copper and bronze tools and weapons. They also built irrigation systems made up of weirs to raise the water of the river‚ dikes to protect against floods and silt to clog the canals. The Sumerians survived
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Learning journal #1 Chapters 1-5 As I was introduced to the history of art‚ I soon learned that there are three main ways in which art in the west was visible. Pictures are one of the three ways in which art was made back in the day. Personally I found very interesting the self-portraits that artists made. For instance‚ I was amazed by the creation of Leonardo da Vinci‚ Mona Lisa‚ the art work that has a high intrinsic value. This picture created by the Italian artist gives me an impression of smartness
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figure on rock. Ideograph A symbol that represents an idea or concept. Pictograph Elementary picture of sketch representing the thing depicted. 1. What do you see? 2. What don’t you see 3. Why superimposition? Sumerian Ziggurat Developments of settled societies: a system of deities‚ organization of commerce and technological innovations. Driving these and future developments was the invention of writing. Rebus Writing Pictographs representing words and syllables
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