Community College Reflections of a Belief System: Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia The belief system of a culture is seen in the arts‚ social order‚ and the laws of the people. This is evident to us today as we study the cultures of our past‚ for all have some sort of connection to a “higher power” in their seemingly everyday lives. Here‚ we will take a look at the similarities and differences of the ancient Mesopotamian peoples and the ancient Egyptians. By studying the legal systems and hierarchies
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and beliefs. All these differences developed many years ago with our ancestors. Many primitive cultures advanced through discovery and innovation but still relied on spiritual and theological explanations to what did not make sense at that time in their cultural development. As part of this‚ ancient cultures created deities to help bring understanding to the unexplainable. In many ways‚ these deities also were reflection on the societies themselves. The ancient Greek and ancient Egyptian societies had
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Differences: There was a dynastic cycle‚ the dynasties would rise and fall‚ and be taken over by a new person. India went back to independent city states when a ruler fell. China was generally able to be re-united through a ruler India was not‚ India was not able to be united in the north due to invasions from bordering countries. The only person to unite India was Ashoka Maurya Similarities: Both were patriarchal societies. Major cities were built along major water ways‚ India (The indus river)
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Features | Mesopotamia | Shang China | Community Development * Large settlements * Stable food supply * Trade and communication | Most of the settlements began along the borders of Mesopotamia and date from the 10th to the 9th millennium BC. Because of the dry climate and flooding of the river‚ farmers had to adapt and eventually began to grow crops of fruits and vegetables. | People settled towards the middle or lower parts of the Yellow River in places called urban centers. They
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formed. Of these many civilizations‚ two main ones were Han China and Imperial Rome. Although Han China and Imperial Rome both had similar government structures and trading systems‚ they both had two very different militaries. Han and Imperial Rome both exercised political control through similar government structures and social hierarchies. There were many elites who supported Han China’s emperor‚ Wu di and the “mandate of Heaven.” In Han‚ their government hierarchies were based on confusium
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Ancient Egypt and Ancient India‚ also called Indus‚ had many similarities in culture and social order. Both civilizations had unique attributes with in their cultural histories. The Egyptian people lived by the Pharaoh’s word is law. They believed in Ma’at‚ which means truth‚ order‚ and balance. They believed that every individual’s soul was the Ka and that Ba is the expression of people’s power‚ presence and personality. While in Ancient India the belief was Hinduism or Buddhism. The Indus
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is clear that Classical Athens and Han China are very different politically. Athens focused on the rights of the individual whereas Han China preferred dominance that used an imperialist approach. However‚ the reason for this difference in political beliefs can be based on the difference of population. It is easier to be a democracy with a smaller population than a larger one. That said it is also easier to rule many people with a select elite. Another difference is that their social aspects are opposites
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Han China Tourist Journal Last year I had quite an adventure. I wanted to visit Han China but I couldn’t because the Han Dynasty was overthrown nearly 2000 years ago‚ in the year 220 CE. My solution was to build a time machine. I would tell you how I built it‚ but I won’t since you might use it to kill your grandfather and mess up reality. Anyways‚ I went back to the year 100 BCE during the reign of Han Wudi. I went back to this year because under Han Wudi the Han dynasty reached its peak‚ and
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Another difference is that it’s not all over the world. Back in the ancient world there was slavery everywhere there was people. In today’s days there is only certain places in this world that have slavery. Hear in America we don’t have slavery. That is a big difference because we live here and if we still have slavery us kids would probably all be in a field working to our deaths. Slaves in the ancient world had a social system. There is 2 differences in that last statement we
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systems to maintain power over their empire. This is true for both Han China and Mauryan India. Both of these classical empires were very successful in the ancient world because they were able to expand and create strong political policies to keep their empires strong and stable. While both Han China and Mauryan/Gupta India built distinct political structure to ensure that their officials were implementing their policies‚ Han China and Mauryan India used belief systems as techniques to ensure that
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