Did you know‚ in Ancient Egypt times they kept Crocodiles as pets? Believe it or not‚ it´s true! We have animals as pets‚ animals for work and we sometimes ‚ we hunt animals too. For most of us though‚ we don’t have animals as religious figures or believe animals symbolize anyone specific. The Egyptians though had animals as all of these. The Egyptians had many different types of animals for work‚ as pets‚ and food‚ but many of their animals were important because they had a story behind them
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Egypt‚ the gift of the Nile‚ is situated in the northern part of the African continent. Ancient Egypt was a desert country watered only by the Nile River which flooded the country from August to October‚ leaving behind a very rich black earth. The river flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The government of Egypt was autocratic‚ ruled by a king called Pharaoh who had absolute power. The kingdom started in 3400 B.C. when under the leadership of Menes‚ the first Pharaoh‚ Memphis in the north and Thebes
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Egyptians were highly skilled at many tasks. Their achievements laid out a foundation for many advances throughout history. The Ancient Egyptians made many important contributions in fields of agriculture and architecture by making an irrigation system from the water source from the Nile‚ the pyramids and temples‚ and their skills in math being improved because of the unpredictable floods from the Nile. One of the greatest achievements of the ancient Egyptians was the advancement of the irrigation
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Did you know Egypt and Mesopotamia both have polytheistic religions? The two civilizations started around the same time‚ they have similar religions‚ they used their rivers the same way to benefit agriculture‚ and many other things. Egypt and Mesopotamia are very similar. Now one reason ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia are similar is their agriculture. The two civilizations both use their rivers‚ the Nile river for the Egyptians‚ and the Tigris and Euphrates for the Mesopotamians. The way they used
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The glory of ancient civilizations is observable through the expansion of territory‚ cultural influence‚ and‚ most importantly‚ art production. The greatness of a civilization is easily measured by the quantity and quality of its art production. Over the course of history there have been many similarities between seemingly different cultures‚ and the most striking evidence to support this are the artifacts which remain to this day. Arguably‚ one of the most important civilizations in the world’s
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Polytheism is the idea of worshipping many gods‚ but it differs from animism as specific gods hold more importance than others. Ra‚ the sun god‚ and Osiris‚ the god of death are pinnacle to the Egyptians’ existence because they represent the cycle of life and death. An Egyptian was expected
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Contributions of ancient egypt Many of ancient Egypt’s contribution to society not only advanced them as a civilization but left an impressionable impact on the accomplishments of the modern day. Nestled within the fertile valley of the Nile‚ Egypt was protected on all sides from invasion and at the same time uninfluenced by many outside cultures. Although its overall isolation by the expanse of the surrounding desert to the west and the red sea to the east‚ this thriving culture’s achievements went
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Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian Cultures Around the time 4‚000-1‚000 BC there were two major western civilizations. Those civilizations were the Ancient Egyptians and the Mesopotamians. Many similarities exist between the civilizations of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia‚ as well as many differences. Both Egypt and Mesopotamia were polytheistic‚ that is‚ they believed their worlds were ruled by more than one god. Both cultures also believed that they themselves were created for the purpose of serving
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psychoactive substances were used in many religious ceremonies; coca (cocaine plant) leaves were considered sacred and used in worship by the Incas‚ and Ethiopian priests roasted and boiled coffee beans to stay awake during long nights of prayer. A hallucinogenic agent was a major ingredient in a sacred beverage from ancient India and Zoroastrianism. The red mushroom with white spots commonly illustrated in traditional fairy tales‚ also known as fly
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first civilizations had something in common with other civilizations and something unique about each civilization‚ such as Mesopotamia and Egypt. Both these civilizations had similar ways in religious aspects. Although‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt did have some differences too‚ like both these civilizations were economically and politically were different. Mesopotamia and Egypt may have been around the same but they did have some differences and also some similarities. Mesopotamia and Egypt may have been two
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