Mesopotamia and Egypt Ancient civilizations across history have shown unique and incredible feats of mankind. Arguably‚ two of the most prominent ancient civilizations in the Middle East and even the world are the Mesopotamians (Beginning 5‚000 B.C.) and Egyptians (Beginning 3‚150 B.C). Even though these two civilizations peaked about 2‚000 years apart‚ they share numerous similarities contributing to their success‚ and also show even more differences that distinguish how each had a unique culture
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1. Pastoralism- the practice of raising livestock 2. Bronze Metallurgy- the study of the chemicals of the metal Bronze 3. Iron Metallurgy- the study of the chemicals of the metal Iron 4. Nile- gives people fresh water and is a major source for Egypt. The yearly activity is that it floods the river valley and moist fertile land is left behind. The resource the Nile has is the floodplain full of fertile land 5. Cataract- an unnavigable stretch of rapids and waterfalls 6. Delta-
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develop their skills by practicing * Like Sumerian workers built houses‚ made jewelry‚ weed clothes‚ or created pottery * Because cities are usually crowded‚ people must need to learn to live together * * They also need to cooperate on projects like building irrigation canals * * As a result‚ some people took on the job of organizing society * * In early Sumerian cities‚ priests did that job‚ they ran society and
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resources such as‚ the nutritious wheat and barley‚ cow‚ pig‚ sheep‚ and goat needed from nomads to live. During this era approximately 9‚000 years ago‚ on the ancient country of Mesopotamia now called Iraq‚ lived the Sumerian that unfolded the inventions of human ingenuity. The Sumerian were highly intelligent‚ resourcefulness‚ and energetic people that established the first civilization‚ created the first human social organization‚ developed farming techniques‚ raise livestock‚ invented writing (alphabets)
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comes to a stop. Untapishtim and his wife are granted immortality. They created many other legends that really influenced their religion and caused them to believe that the gods the way they were. Guisepi‚ Robert A. "Sumerian‚ Ancient Sumerian (Sumer)” In total the Sumerian people where really influenced by the geography of their land this. The small area around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers cause for a common religion at the beginning of the civilization. This made it easier to believe in
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Hiten Damodar Issue 2: Was Sumerian Civilization Exclusively Male Dominated? In considering whether Sumerian civilization was exclusively male dominated‚ it seems inconclusive. After looking at Chester G. Starr and Samuel Noah Kramer’s views on the topic‚ the answer remains far from clear. Starr took the side of yes‚ that Sumerian society was male dominated in both the mortal and divine realms and barely acknowledges the role of women at all. Kramer‚ on the other hand‚ found the powerful roles
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Literature‚ that is of Sumerian/Babylonian origins. It is believed to have been composed sometime from 2‚700 B.C.E. to 2‚500 B.C.E. and first inscribed in 2‚100 B.C.E. to 1‚400 B.C.E. The best-preserved version of the story originates from the Babylonian writer Shin-Leqi-Unninni‚ presumed to have been written sometime between 1‚300
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Events/Important/key Dates • 7‚000~ 4‚000 BCE: Spread of agriculture through most of Middle east. • 5‚000 BCE: Farming along Nile River • 4‚000 BCE: Sumerians settle in Tigris- Euphrates valley • 4‚000 BCE: Sumerians (a people who had migrated into the area from the north) provided final boost toward establishing civilization • 4‚000 BCE: cumulative effects of agriculture & technology → civilization as a new organizational form (wheel‚ bronze use‚ and writing facilitated) • 3‚500 BCE: Writing
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consisting of pictographic symbols. Cuneiform was first created by the Sumerians and later built on by other cultures. Cuneiform symbols were drawn on wet clay tablest with a long reed crafted into a writing instrument which was called a stylus. The stylus created wedge shapes‚ which is why they named the shapes Cuneiform.(translates to “wedge shaped”.) Some languages included in the Cuneiform classification were Sumerian‚ Akkadian‚ Elamite‚ Hittite‚ Luwian‚ Hattic‚ Hurrian‚ and urartian. Cuneiform
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Babylon: the nomadic Sumerians and the strange and secretive Semitic. The Sumerians were the first people to settle in Babylon‚ after leaving their homeland of Sumeria‚ however slowly united with the Semitic. The Sumerians made the land into a great farm. They raised livestock‚ built swamps‚ and irrigated canals. These lessons taught by the Sumerians allowed themselves to assimilate in to Babylonian life. The Babylonians understood the technological advancements of the Sumerians in irrigation and agriculture
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