Ever since ancient times, humans have been worshipping gods for creating them and giving them life. The gods of ancient cultures and different regions were highly valued in religion and worshipped regularly. Back in early prehistoric times, dating back from 3500 to 300 BCE, the divine gods and humans of Mesopotamia and Egypt had very close relationships where gods and upper level rulers were highly respected.
The personalities of the gods in both these regions are very similar in that they are feared, orderly, and care greatly for the human life they created. In Mesopotamia, there existed only one god to their people and this god was feared amongst humanity. In the eyes of humans, “Gods, and the natural forces they controlled, had to be revered …show more content…
Hammurabi, the exalted prince, also feared God and obeyed his orders to bring righteousness to the land, destroy the evil in life, and further the well being of mankind (Hammurabi, 2). God’s orders were taken seriously amongst all humanity and obeyed immediately because of the natural destruction he could inflict upon them at any second. God was also known for caring for and taking care of the humans he created. As he was about to flood and eradicate all living life on Earth, Noah caught his attention and proved to him that the lives were worth saving. After surviving the flood, “ God said to Noah, ‘come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you...so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it”(Tanakh, 14). God brought upon humanity a shining rainbow through the clouds that would come to represent the covenant he made to watch and care for all future generations. In Egypt, however, there was no specific set of gods in power and each city state had its own rulers and multiple gods. Ancient Egyptians believed that their Pharaohs embodied the entirety of God and ruled over them as both …show more content…
Mesopotamian culture and religion emphasized the belief that god’s desires and wishes were interpreted by high class political leaders and rulers. Subjects worshipped God daily to show their loyalty and devotion to him through sacrifices, freewill offerings, prayer, supplication, and prostration (The Advice of an Akkadian Father to His Son, 1). In return, they will be in harmony with God and their prayers will be wholeheartedly granted. Noah showed his devotion to God by building an altar and sacrificed animal burnings on it (Tanakh, 14). Another subject offered “one tray of copper and one bar of copper from among the service offering and tribute of Comukha I dedicated to Ashur my Lord, and 60 iron vessels with their gods I offered to my guardian god, Vul” (Tiglath Pileser I, 1). These offerings exhibits the amount of devotion and dedication subjects gave to their absolute rulers and God. In Mesopotamian culture, it is emphasized that humans are servants to their God and do everything to satisfy and comply to God’s commands and wishes. They are constantly devoting themselves to their rulers and the divine. In Egyptian culture and religion, the nation leader, the Pharaoh was seen as a living god and linked humanity to the rest of the gods. Similar to Mesopotamian culture, the people owed the gods and their Pharoah their most upmost respect
The personalities of the gods in both these regions are very similar in that they are feared, orderly, and care greatly for the human life they created. In Mesopotamia, there existed only one god to their people and this god was feared amongst humanity. In the eyes of humans, “Gods, and the natural forces they controlled, had to be revered …show more content…
Hammurabi, the exalted prince, also feared God and obeyed his orders to bring righteousness to the land, destroy the evil in life, and further the well being of mankind (Hammurabi, 2). God’s orders were taken seriously amongst all humanity and obeyed immediately because of the natural destruction he could inflict upon them at any second. God was also known for caring for and taking care of the humans he created. As he was about to flood and eradicate all living life on Earth, Noah caught his attention and proved to him that the lives were worth saving. After surviving the flood, “ God said to Noah, ‘come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you...so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it”(Tanakh, 14). God brought upon humanity a shining rainbow through the clouds that would come to represent the covenant he made to watch and care for all future generations. In Egypt, however, there was no specific set of gods in power and each city state had its own rulers and multiple gods. Ancient Egyptians believed that their Pharaohs embodied the entirety of God and ruled over them as both …show more content…
Mesopotamian culture and religion emphasized the belief that god’s desires and wishes were interpreted by high class political leaders and rulers. Subjects worshipped God daily to show their loyalty and devotion to him through sacrifices, freewill offerings, prayer, supplication, and prostration (The Advice of an Akkadian Father to His Son, 1). In return, they will be in harmony with God and their prayers will be wholeheartedly granted. Noah showed his devotion to God by building an altar and sacrificed animal burnings on it (Tanakh, 14). Another subject offered “one tray of copper and one bar of copper from among the service offering and tribute of Comukha I dedicated to Ashur my Lord, and 60 iron vessels with their gods I offered to my guardian god, Vul” (Tiglath Pileser I, 1). These offerings exhibits the amount of devotion and dedication subjects gave to their absolute rulers and God. In Mesopotamian culture, it is emphasized that humans are servants to their God and do everything to satisfy and comply to God’s commands and wishes. They are constantly devoting themselves to their rulers and the divine. In Egyptian culture and religion, the nation leader, the Pharaoh was seen as a living god and linked humanity to the rest of the gods. Similar to Mesopotamian culture, the people owed the gods and their Pharoah their most upmost respect