Lyres of Ur‚ which have a rich blend of Sumerian history as well as a beautiful and artistic design. The Lyres of Ur are one of the earliest known musical stringed instruments and give a glimpse into Sumerian
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monarchy and democracy Law and order Sumerian Laws: Sumerian laws were not written down‚ but people knew what they were and they knew what could happen to you if you broke the law. Babylonian Laws: The laws that were later written down by the ancient Babylonians were‚ for the most part‚ laws first created by the ancient Sumerians. Achievements: Pythagoras’ Law and 360 degree circle Wheel‚ roads‚ plows‚ cuneiform (writing ziggurats (pyramids) Sumerian writing‚ medicines and astronomy (calendar)
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transportation‚ pots and jars secured food storage‚ and the tools made increased food production. These inventions improved earliest civilizations’ economy‚ production and increased surpluses. The most successful established civilization was provided by the Sumerians. They were the people who had migrated into the area from the
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The epic of Gilgamesh is about the ruler of uruk Gilgamesh and his quest to receive everlasting life. Gilgamesh wanted to receive everlasting life because he saw his best friend enkidu die of a slow agonizing death witch lead Gilgamesh to put his own mortality to question.. Enkidu died this death as punishment for the thing he and Gilgamesh did like kill the bull of heaven and chop down all the trees in the cedar forest after killing the demon humbaba. So Gilgamesh goes to the end of the earth to
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Kunal Pathade 11/10/13 10-6 WHAP Hebrew Essay: Continuity and Cultural Diffusion The Jews lived to preserve their culture; that essentially represented the fundamental goal of life to the Jews. The Jews observed the decadence of the Sumerians as a cause of cultural diffusion‚ and wanted to make sure that same thing would not happen to them. Eventually‚ the Jews did become vulnerable to cultural diffusion around the 4th century CE when the Greek-Macedonians from the West came; the great and
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Egyptian Architecture Due to the scarcity of wood the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were sun-baked mud bricks and stone‚ mainly limestone but also sandstone and granite in considerable quantities. From the Old Kingdom onward‚ stone was generally reserved for tombs and temples‚ while bricks were used even for royal palaces‚ fortresses‚ the walls of temple precincts and towns‚ and for subsidiary buildings in temple complexes. The core of the pyramids came from stone quarried
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civilization‚ for example‚ in early Mesopotamia‚ with the Sumerians whose religion was based of the environment. Similarly‚ the Greeks developed their religion to explain the everyday occurrences of nature and‚ more explicitly‚ human nature. The grecian gods were more developed‚ but the main purpose of the religion was still to explain the world around them‚ albeit‚ more technical and elaborated than the Mesopotamian gods. The Greek and Sumerian gods served a purpose of pre-scientific explanation‚ a
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Noah’s Ark vs. The Story of the Flood The Story of Noah’s Ark and The Story of the Great Flood are very alike in many ways. They both distinct characteristics of the ark‚ or person‚ the events that took place are also parallel to each other. The Sumerian version of the story is in The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the Hebrew/Christian version of the flood story is told in the book of Genesis .In both cases God chose an honorable men that he thought would be capable of carrying out the task. A verse form the
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Man to God Relationship Sumerian‚ Judaic‚ and Greek Cultures The Sumerians emerged approximately 3000 to 2500 B.C. in a region known as the "Fertile Crescent" located between the Euphrates and Tigris River and were considered by most historians to be the world’s first civilization. During this period of time‚ a form of writing was established known as cuneiform. It was from this form of writing that we discovered a great epic known as Gilgamesh and became enlightened about the Man to God
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politics and social order can only be explained by how‚ through the adaptation of an organization‚ the government came to be. Mesopotamia‚ known as “the land between the rivers” (Tigris and Euphrates)‚ began the irrigation process. The people‚ known as Sumerians‚ used their surrounding resources and were able to build structures to assist them in transporting water over to the crops. This was obviously helpful to increase their harvest‚ and allowed
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