HIS 1510 9-19-13 Test 1 Essay Over 5‚000 years ago‚ the world’s first civilizations were born‚ each with their own unique set of features and developments. Some aspects of these civilizations were similar due to cultural diffusion and the migration of people across Europe‚ Africa and Asia. Other aspects were unique to certain civilizations based on geography and resources. Though these early civilizations all differed‚ they all played an important role in the development of the modern
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Mesopotamia and its Contributions to History Many Western historians refer Mesopotamia as the cradle of civilization. Mesopotamia was a region located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean where the rivers provided the means of survival. While other lives traveled to survive‚ Mesopotamia was one of the earliest civilizations documented to be able to settle down‚ populate‚ and make the transition from being farmers and laborers to other jobs that have been the stepping stone for societies today
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Three major civilizations rose in the Middle East. All of them had similar locations‚ religions‚ social structures‚ and government. The three locations for these great civilizations were Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Indus River Valley. They all had a similar rise and a decline. For starters; the location for these civilizations are extremely important in creating an effective civilization. For example‚ Mesopotamia‚ was located between two rivers‚ the Tigris and Euphrates which gave the cities clean water
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Babylonian Government Babylonia had a very good and simple government. Babylonia had a Monarchy government run by many kings. Hammurabi (6th king of dynasty) provided Babylon with a strong central government. This government was fair to all citizens and easily controlled. All the economy was controlled by the government‚ thus there were no private businesses. To keep the control of the economy kings sometimes placed priests in charge. Important Contributions
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What were the mesopotamians’ major contributions to government‚ religion‚ and art and culture? The mesopotamians’ were around the era 1600 B.C. during this time they made many changes and new finds to the world. One major way was in the government form‚ of having leaders. leaders were made out of the elders who had money. It is not different from today around the world the wealthy are who run the countries and who make up our political parties. During the time of the mesopotamians’ the elders
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As the human race grew from hunter gatherers to more agriculturally advanced civilizations‚ mankind has created many things that helped shape history. Even though there have been many other civilizations that have made an impact on Ancient society‚ Ancient Egypt had the biggest impact because they invented many new things like the first kind of paper‚ the first advanced irrigation system‚ and were the first to record events using Hieroglyphs. One of the biggest creations originating from Ancient
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The Fertile Crescent‚ the area spanning from the iran-iraq border Lebanon‚ Israel‚ Jordan and turkey (McKay‚ p.16) and was believed to be the home of some of the earliest civilizations in known history (McKay‚ p.34).Out of these civilizations‚ the city of Uruk is considered one of the most important civilizations in Mesopotamia at the time (Mark‚ Definition). Believed to have been founded by the king Enmerkar sometime around 4500 BCE (Mark‚ Definition)‚ this great city was a pioneer for many things
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Unit 2 Assignment Over 5 thousand years ago‚ people living in the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia developed a new form of language called writing. They used it to keep records and other important information. The earliest form of writing was made up of pictures called pictograms. Over time we changed the writing and developed a script called cuneiform. For thousands of years Mesopotamian Scribes recorded events daily. Such events included trades that were made‚ patterns of the moon and they
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Stories of creation exist in every religion and have been passed down for generations in their respective cultures. Striking similarities are readily seen between the Book of Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh of the Hebrews and Sumerians respectively. Both sources include a tale of a great flood that was to clear the earth of its inhabitants. Although the Epic of Gilgamesh predates the Book of Genesis by hundreds of years‚ the Sumerian text probably had a profound influence over the latter. Genesis
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Be it the firefighters who rush into towering infernos to save people‚ sports stars who never gives up on their dreams‚ or dedicated police officers whose persistence saves many lives‚ heroes come in many shapes and sizes. These heroes serve as role models for the rest of society to pattern‚ and as leaders in the local community. Heros of this type are not new. For millennia‚ those who go above and beyond the calls of daily life are held to a much higher standard‚ and are given great respect by
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