Did you know that the pyramids in Egypt took 10 - 20 years to build? The pyramids were made out of perfectly cut blocks of stone. The blocks were put into place by strong levees, ramps, and bridges. These amazing huge structures were built to honor Egyptian kings. There is one thing we do not know about the pyramids, who built these grand monumental structures for the pharaoh?…
The political difference between the universal power of the Egyptian pharaohs and the Mesopotamian emperors served as the most significant factor that influenced the varying degrees of stability of ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian society brought about by the type of ruler, along with each civilization’s religion, economics, and social structure. Mesopotamian society lacking the presence of the pharaoh led to the beliefs in violent gods who were feared instead of revered as they were in Egypt. However, in Egypt, pharaohs benefitted the people of their society through trade with other empires which resulted in riches. Both societies were patriarchal, but the Mesopotamian emperor held an iron fist over social classes that was not found in ancient Egypt’s fluid social structure. While the numerous differences between Mesopotamia and Egypt are evident, a prominent one emerged when examining the culture’s religions as well as beliefs.…
Ancient Egypt shows a strong bureaucracy and class differentiation between people where the statue, Kneeling Captive from Metropolitan Museum supports such inequality physically. Kneeling Captive was found in the pyramid complex of Pepi II that is the reign of Pepi II from Dynasty 6 in the near end of Old Kingdom. The time and statue are correlated to reveal the social complexity of ancient Egypt especially the existence of inequality. The appearance of Kneeling Captive has a typical Egyptian dressing that shows the customs in that period.…
King Tut was ecstatic that the minions were building his grave. He knew, or at least he thought, they would build something he had never seen before. The minions were fascinated with the pyramids especially The Great Pyramid. The Great Pyramid is the largest pyramid and it took 100,000 men 20 years to build it! Stuart knew he could not build a pyramid as magnificent as this because it would take extremely long to build, so he flipped his perspective, literally.…
Pharaohs in culture were believed to be semi-divine beings who represented Gods while they were on Earth. Chosen by the Gods, Pharaohs were given the right to rule. This honor is what led many of them to become successful rulers, besides the one case of the biblical Pharaoh. Mesopotamian rulers, while also being chosen by Gods, did not treat their appointment as seriously as the Egyptians did. Based off of Hammurabi’s Code and the “Epic of Gilgamesh”, we can concluded that many, if not all Mesopotamian rulers were harsh rulers.…
The Egyptians’ had luxuriously furnished tombs and grand funerals. Unlike the Mesopotamians, the Egyptians’ did not write in cuneiform, they wrote in pictorial hieroglyphics. Egyptian’s left pyramids and tombs as a mark of their belief in perpetual life. This is the difference between Mesopotamians, who did not leave grand structural design. Instead, they chose to write down extravagant myths that showed concern with the quality of life before instead of after…
Also Egypt was ruled over as one society and Mesopotamia was composed of many city-states ruled by multiple kings. The Pharaoh, king in Egypt, would respect his followers so that they can follow him by their own will. Be not arrogant because of what you know; deal with the ignorant as well as the learned (Ptah Hotep 1). The ideal was for the Pharaoh to respect all, regardless of status or intelligence. This will led to the buildings of structures to present…
But Egyptians believed that the pharaoh has an afterlife were once the pharaoh dies he has to be safe and protected, when his soul comes back to his body he can achieve immortality and rule over Egypt once again. In order for…
Ancient Egypt is famous for the Great Pyramids but this Pyramid was primarily built by the lowest people on the social hierarchy, Slaves. Slaves were treated unfairly and in ancient Egypt there was no social mobility which meant a person born into slavery will die as a slave. Hundreds of years later the Roman Empire collapsed which later lead to the development of feudal societies in Western Europe. Feudal societies similar to ancient Egypt had an unfair social hierarchy. Instead of slaves, it was serfs and peasants.…
Did You know that Egyption had to work all day to do a lot of things? Well in ancient Egypt people could only eat a little piece of bread with their dirty muddy fingers and they had to take a shower once a week the poor people sufara to much. Great achievements are not worth great injustice because people were tired, hungry, and they were also in a lot of pain by seeing how they live they also felt bad and sad by seeing how their family lives. Great achievements are not worth great injustices because people were tired.…
These religious temples varied from those in Mesopotamia because the pyramids were mainly for after the death of Egyptian kings and pharaohs. The pyramids often represented the status and the wealth of Egyptian society. Since the Egyptians viewed their gods in a much different fashion, they believed that they needed to give back to the gods who had provided them with the goods in their life. The Egyptians viewed the scheduled flooding as a gift from the gods.…
If there is anything that could describe the world as it ages, it would be art. Art has been part of our history from the very beginning at which it has served as the earliest form of record of the events that occurred in the past. It also has illustrated and still illustrates life from different time periods and cultures. One recurring subject that appeared throughout the entire history of art is the depiction of man and how it has developed over the centuries. From the art of the Paleolithic period, ancient near East, ancient Egypt, Aegean and Greek cultures, one can see the different ways art have evolved to preserve the legacy of man along with the reflection of the values of the cultures.…
The Pyramids are filled with mysteries, such as the real reason they were built, who built them, and many more. Some say the Pyramids were built for Pharaohs and others say that they were built as an alien spaceship. Many say, that the pyramids were built by groups of men, up to 10,000 at a time. Others say that they were built with the large groups, however the men were all under the control of a God.…
Society tended to focus more on life after death. Pharaohs and any people of high rank believed that they could journey to the afterlife by building massive pyramids to be buried in. Inscribed on the walls of some of these pyramids were prayers that were believed to help the pharaohs in their journey to the realm of eternal life “As ordered done for you by Geb, your father, Rise up, O Teti, you shall not die!” Like Mesopotamians, the belief in perpetual life may have been influenced by geographic aspects of the land. The Nile River, with its predictable floods, provided Egypt with food, water, transport and trade which allowed for a much stable society allowing for the planning of a prosperous afterlife.…
This shows that the Pharaoh had double standards. That the Pharaoh was careless even when he tried to cover all of his bases. He allowed the…