LaSandra Stallworth
Andre Lapalme
English 271
19 October 2015
Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Literature
The invention of writing in the earliest Literatures Writing is a physical manifestation of a spoken language. The first system of writing was known as cuneiform, which consists of making marks in wet clay. The earliest form of writing was pictographs, which are symbols that represent objects. It is wet clay that is drawn in, and then they would put it out to dry. This writing system was a way people could record the lives of people, send messages, and record events. Before writing people learned to write signs and symbols in order to communicate. Before the writing system people were orally transmitting, which probably made things …show more content…
The roots of the ancient Middle East go deep. “In the ancient world most of the machines like the phone, television, computers, and internet didn’t exist.” (Norton pg. 6) Ancient history agriculture was important back then, because people were unable to obtain food. The Egyptian writing system used pictures and symbols called hieroglyphics, and cuneiform was the form of writing created by ancient Mesopotamians. Egyptians used Papyrus, and this is a plant used to make paper. Egyptians used irrigation, and would bring water to their fields through canals and pipes. The Nile River flows through the desert in North Africa. The Egyptian culture and their daily life revolved around that river, because it supplied them with a continuous source of …show more content…
This war had to be won before the expansion into Greece, Spain, and Asia Minor could be started in order to kick start the Roman Empire. Roman’s did not have a democracy like the Greeks, instead they were a republic. This is where power over the empire is broken up into groups like the Senate, Elected officials, and magistrates. Upper-class citizens carried most of the power, and were always in the Senate. When the civil war came to pass, the republic would be no more. According to the text, “Romans had conquered half the world before they began to write.” (Norton pg. 20) as the Romans writing developed so did their literature, even though adopted from the Greeks. While Rome was still in civil war, they saw rulers like Julius Censor; but the empire was not settled until his nephew Augustus assumed power. Rome would rule for the next two hundred years, and be successors of Augustus. The empire became too vast and expensive to hold together for the Roman government to control. After a losing battle to tribes in the North and East, the Roman government was taken over by the Roman Catholic Church. Headquartered in the city of Rome, and just as powerful as the empire from which it came, and still exist
Andre Lapalme
English 271
19 October 2015
Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Literature
The invention of writing in the earliest Literatures Writing is a physical manifestation of a spoken language. The first system of writing was known as cuneiform, which consists of making marks in wet clay. The earliest form of writing was pictographs, which are symbols that represent objects. It is wet clay that is drawn in, and then they would put it out to dry. This writing system was a way people could record the lives of people, send messages, and record events. Before writing people learned to write signs and symbols in order to communicate. Before the writing system people were orally transmitting, which probably made things …show more content…
The roots of the ancient Middle East go deep. “In the ancient world most of the machines like the phone, television, computers, and internet didn’t exist.” (Norton pg. 6) Ancient history agriculture was important back then, because people were unable to obtain food. The Egyptian writing system used pictures and symbols called hieroglyphics, and cuneiform was the form of writing created by ancient Mesopotamians. Egyptians used Papyrus, and this is a plant used to make paper. Egyptians used irrigation, and would bring water to their fields through canals and pipes. The Nile River flows through the desert in North Africa. The Egyptian culture and their daily life revolved around that river, because it supplied them with a continuous source of …show more content…
This war had to be won before the expansion into Greece, Spain, and Asia Minor could be started in order to kick start the Roman Empire. Roman’s did not have a democracy like the Greeks, instead they were a republic. This is where power over the empire is broken up into groups like the Senate, Elected officials, and magistrates. Upper-class citizens carried most of the power, and were always in the Senate. When the civil war came to pass, the republic would be no more. According to the text, “Romans had conquered half the world before they began to write.” (Norton pg. 20) as the Romans writing developed so did their literature, even though adopted from the Greeks. While Rome was still in civil war, they saw rulers like Julius Censor; but the empire was not settled until his nephew Augustus assumed power. Rome would rule for the next two hundred years, and be successors of Augustus. The empire became too vast and expensive to hold together for the Roman government to control. After a losing battle to tribes in the North and East, the Roman government was taken over by the Roman Catholic Church. Headquartered in the city of Rome, and just as powerful as the empire from which it came, and still exist