9/10/2014 1 CORRECT Multiple Choice Quiz Gilgamesh was A) a king of the city-state of Uruk. B) the hero in a popular Mesopotamian epic. C) a warrior in conflict with the city of Kish. D) the legendary loyal friend of Enkidu. E) All these answers are correct. 2 CORRECT Which of the following is NOT true of the land called Mesopotamia? A) It lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. B) It is a land of abundant rainfall and fertile plains. C) It is located in modern-day Iraq. D) It was the
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Similarities in The Epic of Gilgamesh and SiddharthaAs portrayed by an unknown author and Herman HesseTwo people who lived in very different times can still share the same beliefs and journeys to find the meaning of life. That is the case with Herman Hesses Siddhartha and the Babylonian text The Epic of Gilgamesh. The protagonists who live in very different times; Siddhartha lived around 625 BCE and Gilgamesh in 2700 BCE‚ but they follow the same journey to understand themselves and life. Siddhartha
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Structures During the Neothlithic era‚ many different cultures were beginning to create different yet similar structures for their cities. In England‚ humans built Stonehenge‚ in Egypt‚ humans began to build pyramids‚ and in Mesopotamia‚ Sumerians built ziggurats. All of these structures were used to either worship gods‚ or had some sort of religious belief behind them. In England‚ Stonehenge‚ the most famous megalithic structure‚ was built. It consisted of several large stones‚ the largest weighing
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Art-2 Comparative Formal Analysis The Culture Shift between the Paleolithic and Sumerian Period The Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Period) marked the birth of art. During that period‚ humankind began to acknowledge the forms of human and animals‚ thus creating many sculptures and paintings in attempt to represent the world around them. Venus of Willendorf (ca. 28‚000 BCE.) also known as Nude woman‚ from Willendorf‚ Austria‚ was one
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The Tigris river and Euphrates river made civilization possible in ancient Mesopotamia. Having rivers directly next to cities was a pivotal factor of their likelihood to survive‚ without a source of water the people would perish. The Tigris and Euphrates are well known rivers‚ mainly because of the historical significance that they hold‚ in that they were centered around ancient civilizations. The rivers create many possibilities for expansion‚ trade and growth for the civilizations. Similarly‚ both
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Assignment #3 The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization between the 3300-1300 BCE and is located today in the northeast of Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia‚ it was one of the three early civilizations of the Old World and the most widespread. In this essay we will discuss a general description of one of the Indus Valley Civilization city‚ the Mohenjo-daro. Then‚ we will compare it to the other types of cities we seen in
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Religious references are made throughout The Epic of Gilgamesh. The story is based around two main characters that encounter multiple Gods in ancient day Mesopotamia. During this time period‚ Mesopotamia was polytheistic. There were gods and goddesses representative of almost everything. The Epic of Gilgamesh constantly refers to gods and goddesses which displays them being a central part of Ancient Uruk. Religion was a major influence in the writing of The Epic of Gilgamesh. In ancient mesopotamian
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In the third millennium BC the Sumerians conquered the Mesopotamian Empire. They prearranged themselves into self-governing cities. Around the year two thousands three hundred and thirty BC‚ the Sumerian cities were conquered by King Sargon I and the Akkadian Empire was founded. Around the year two thousand and two hundred BC the Akkadian Empire was conquered and a long period of division started. Around the year one thousand and eight hundred BC‚ the city of Babylon attained supremacy and founded
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Comparative Essay Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia Thousands of years ago‚ the first civilizations emerged on the face of the Earth. They weren’t as complex and diverse as some of today’s civilizations‚ but none the less they were still civilizations. Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia are perhaps the most known of the first early civilizations. The two civilizations had both their similarities and differences in their political‚ economical and religion aspects. Both of these civilizations had somewhat
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The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History‚ 4th Edition I. The Emergence of Human Communities‚ to 500 B.C.E. 1. Nature‚ Humanity‚ and History‚ to 3500 B.C.E. * African Genesis * History and Culture in the Ice Age * The Agricultural Revolutions * Life in Neolithic Communities * Diversity and Dominance: Cave Art * Environment and Technology: The Iceman 2. The First River-Valley Civilizations‚ 3500-1500 B.C.E. * Mesopotamia * Egypt * The Indus Valley Civilization
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