Civilization and the Sumerian Civilization. Both civilizations had similarities‚ but also had their differences just like everything in life. They had similar beliefs on gods controlling everything in their lives. Also‚ these two civilizations were the first ones to make up a writing system. Even though both civilizations were the first‚ their writing was very different from each other. They had similar hierarchy and both invented important things that benefit us until today. Egypt and Sumerian civilizations
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1. Cuneiform- Cuneiform is Sumerian Writing that is a style of pictogram. It was written using a reed stylus and made wedge shaped impressions on clay tablets. They were then baked or dried in the sun to make them hard and virtually indestructible. Cuneiform evolved over time into something more advanced as civilizations kept rising and falling in Mesopotamia. Some examples of things Cuneiform was used for are tallies of cattle or other live stock by herders‚ lists of taxes and wages payments‚ contracts
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Mesopotamian villages and towns eventually evolved into independent and nearly self-sufficient city-states. Although largely economically dependent on one another‚ these city-states were independent political entities and retained very strong isolationist tendencies. This isolationism hindered the unification of the Mesopotamian city-states‚ which eventually grew to twelve in number. By 3000 B.C.‚ Mesopotamian civilization had made contact with other cultures of the Fertile Crescent (a term first
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called Sumerians. They were the first inhabitants of the area. They were a city – state!! There were some threats in this area! One was hostile invaders. To be protected by this threat‚ they built strong‚ high walls! All of the Sumerians believe in gods!! The most favorite gods they have is Enlil‚ and Utu!! They control the sun and rain!! Each city – state would build a temple for each god!! The temple they would build would be built on a pyramid-shaped tower called a ziggurat.
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till-able soil‚ water supply from Tigris-Euphrates Rivers NEGATIVE few natural resources‚ minimal protection from deserts and mountains City-States SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION‚ BELIEVED TO BE SETTLED . 3000 B.C. DIVIDED INTO CITY-STATES HELPED TO DEVELOP THE FIRST FORM OF ORGANIZED RELIGION CREATED ONE OF THE EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN CITY-STATES ALWAYS IN CONSTANT CONFLICT OVER WATER RIGHTS AND LAND CREATED WALLS FOR
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Religion between the two civilizations varied because of different ideas of worshiping. One similarity that the two share is the belief of multiple deities‚ otherwise known as polytheism. The Ancient Mesopotamians prayed to gods such as Enlil (Supreme deity and god of air)‚ Enki (God of water and underworld)‚ and Shamash (god of law and sun). One of the most prominent gods throughout all four Mesopotamian empires was An/Anu‚ one of the three supreme deities and the god of heaven. The Egyptians also
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Chapter 1 — The First Civilizations The Earliest Humans Essential Question How did humans become food producers rather than food gatherers? * Domestication of animals * There was fertile soil to grow crops * Hunting animals was harder * Agriculture was a failure for a long time I can statements Explain why the development of agriculture was so crucial for the establishment of civilization. * Hunting wasn’t reliable * You may not get enough food for the day by hunting/gathering
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the Sumerian cities echoed the dominant role of the gods in daily life. According to (Kleiner)‚ the White Temple was built more than five years ago and its city had a population of more than 40‚000 people. Moreover‚ the city was formed with the foremost temples to each kingdom’s leading god. The builders of the White Temple did not have the access to the stones therefore‚ they had to form mud bricks instead. The White Temple was built on a platform or ziggurat. According to (German) a ziggurat is
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-Wiltshire: Stonehenge (2000BC)‚ England -Cata Huyuk (1500BC)‚ Turkey Functions and purposes -ritual‚ ceremonial and magical AH1.2 (I) Early Civilizations: Mesopotamian Art -Sumerian art and civilization (3200-2000BC) -Sumerian city-state (3000-2100) Major art forms -Architecture: Ziggurat -Stone carves: stories from “Epic of Gilgamesh” Styles -Geometrical and mathematical Akkadian and Babylonian Old Babylonian Period (1795-1595) -King Hammurabi (1792-50)‚ Stele
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and the Euphrates river. In this area the world’s first civilization arose in Southeastern Mesopotamia and it was Sumer. The Nile rises in the highlands of Ethiopia and the lakes of Central Africa. The Sumerians over time started to study the stars and make out the stars to be shapes. The Sumerians also recorded the movement of stars and planets. They made a number system based on the number six. They divided the hour in to sixty minutes and the circle into three hundred and sixty degrees. The Egyptians
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