The Comparison Between Mesopotamian and Egyptian Culture Two great civilization, Mesopotamia and Egypt remains some of the world’s legendary civilization that rose from small beginnings into major superpower to only vanish in the course of time. Each of the civilization share a common characteristic of a river valley civilization with the Mesopotamians occupying the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and Egypt transpired from the nile river. Both served important roles in history as major agricultural centers in early ancient with the knowledge of complex irrigation systems and the usage of the rich nutrient soil to produce their groups. Despite Mesopotamian and Egyptian similarities in geography, both civilization contrast each other greatly in
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Mesopotamian cities contested with one of another with claims of higher divinity of a certain God or Goddess in their particular religion, the contest remained constant in order to gain political power. Furthermore, the Mesopotamians desired to please their gods and goddesses from unleashing their wrath (the flood) against them through constant worship and offerings for their deities. The Egyptians view floods as a way of life in replenishing the land and giving new life, a common cycle of death and renewal. The Mesopotamian origins of their polytheistic belief derived from the story of how their gods once tilled the lands of the Euphrates and Tigris, and desired an alternative to their task, and eventually created mankind in fulfillment of those tasks to till the land and provide a steady sources of food. In contrast with the Egyptians linking their origins to the marshes of the nile which where they sprang forth from. The mesopotamian rulers served as a “priest king” creating a bridge between the gods and mankind, often pictured wearing a horned headdress symbolizing their power. The Mesopotamians often place a breadbasket upon their heads as …show more content…
Cuneiform remains one of the extensive language the Mesopotamians use to communicate through pictures as the language work as a pictograph. Hieroglyphics emit a sound used in sequences for representing certain types of sound, most of the knowledge of Egypt’s written language are found in places made of stone. There are an estimated 100,000 clay tablets found in Mesopotamia dating back to several thousand years which helped preserved the language dealing with religious themes in honoring the gods. The epic of Gilgamesh remains one the greatest legacies of Mesopotamia attesting to the fact the epic remains one of the oldest stories written on clay tablets, with adventures of the mythological king, Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu, having brave the trials the Gods given them, and ultimately the Gods unleashed the flood upon the world. However, no one knew how to properly translate the Egyptian hieroglyphics which lay strewn across their temple walls and pyramids until the advent of the 19th century with the discovery of the
Mesopotamian cities contested with one of another with claims of higher divinity of a certain God or Goddess in their particular religion, the contest remained constant in order to gain political power. Furthermore, the Mesopotamians desired to please their gods and goddesses from unleashing their wrath (the flood) against them through constant worship and offerings for their deities. The Egyptians view floods as a way of life in replenishing the land and giving new life, a common cycle of death and renewal. The Mesopotamian origins of their polytheistic belief derived from the story of how their gods once tilled the lands of the Euphrates and Tigris, and desired an alternative to their task, and eventually created mankind in fulfillment of those tasks to till the land and provide a steady sources of food. In contrast with the Egyptians linking their origins to the marshes of the nile which where they sprang forth from. The mesopotamian rulers served as a “priest king” creating a bridge between the gods and mankind, often pictured wearing a horned headdress symbolizing their power. The Mesopotamians often place a breadbasket upon their heads as …show more content…
Cuneiform remains one of the extensive language the Mesopotamians use to communicate through pictures as the language work as a pictograph. Hieroglyphics emit a sound used in sequences for representing certain types of sound, most of the knowledge of Egypt’s written language are found in places made of stone. There are an estimated 100,000 clay tablets found in Mesopotamia dating back to several thousand years which helped preserved the language dealing with religious themes in honoring the gods. The epic of Gilgamesh remains one the greatest legacies of Mesopotamia attesting to the fact the epic remains one of the oldest stories written on clay tablets, with adventures of the mythological king, Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu, having brave the trials the Gods given them, and ultimately the Gods unleashed the flood upon the world. However, no one knew how to properly translate the Egyptian hieroglyphics which lay strewn across their temple walls and pyramids until the advent of the 19th century with the discovery of the