Throughout history, civilizations have emerged, died, strived and flourished through a system of government, laws, religion, and rituals. Religion shaped most of these laws and rituals to pave the way for morals, ways of life, learning, class, and economy.
The Egyptian and Mesopotamian religion had many similarities but also distinction to one another in other ways. Both Egypt and Mesopotamia civilizations shared the belief of a type of divine kingships. In Mesopotamia, a king would set himself apart by claiming divine or sacred sanction. Egypt followed a close kingship with the first king claiming divine birth from Egypt’s founder god. Laws were established by rulers claimed to have been set by the gods.
Egypt, Harappan in the Indus Valley …show more content…
The religions in Mesopotamia and Egypt were mutually polytheistic. Their religions were polytheistic because Mesopotamians and Egyptians could not clarify many things in that occurred in their lives. Therefore, they assumed that there were different gods for all. This means that each religion had numerous gods for singular things. Another similarity of the three area religions is that their gods and goddesses often embraced a pantheon partly human, partly animal form. In Mesopotamia, places of ritual became temples containing figurines of female-animal …show more content…
However, the system of government was different because Egyptian civilization was governed by a theocratic dominion, while Mesopotamia was lined by a customary monarchy.
Main contrasts between the civilizations is the thought of life after death for all people, including common people, this was a truth in Egypt, but not usually so in Mesopotamian religion. Egyptian religion was less likely to be influenced by the outside world. Mesopotamia is at the junction of many different people and cultures. Changes in the Mesopotamian religious belief system were much more likely, and more frequent, than in Egypt.
In ancient Mesopotamia, where the king exerted “real” political control while at the same time satisfying important ritual functions. In Tablet IV of the Eluma Elish poem, it reads “From this day onwards your command shall not be altered. Yours is the power to exalt and abase. May your utterance be law, your word never be falsified. None of the gods shall transgress your limits. May endowment, required for the gods ' shrines, wherever they have temples, be established for your place.” This small section of the poem alone covers religion, law and how government worked within Mesopotamia. In Egypt, the first king claimed birth from their founder god, Horus. He upheld divine order, or law through religion. He demanded the paying of
The Egyptian and Mesopotamian religion had many similarities but also distinction to one another in other ways. Both Egypt and Mesopotamia civilizations shared the belief of a type of divine kingships. In Mesopotamia, a king would set himself apart by claiming divine or sacred sanction. Egypt followed a close kingship with the first king claiming divine birth from Egypt’s founder god. Laws were established by rulers claimed to have been set by the gods.
Egypt, Harappan in the Indus Valley …show more content…
The religions in Mesopotamia and Egypt were mutually polytheistic. Their religions were polytheistic because Mesopotamians and Egyptians could not clarify many things in that occurred in their lives. Therefore, they assumed that there were different gods for all. This means that each religion had numerous gods for singular things. Another similarity of the three area religions is that their gods and goddesses often embraced a pantheon partly human, partly animal form. In Mesopotamia, places of ritual became temples containing figurines of female-animal …show more content…
However, the system of government was different because Egyptian civilization was governed by a theocratic dominion, while Mesopotamia was lined by a customary monarchy.
Main contrasts between the civilizations is the thought of life after death for all people, including common people, this was a truth in Egypt, but not usually so in Mesopotamian religion. Egyptian religion was less likely to be influenced by the outside world. Mesopotamia is at the junction of many different people and cultures. Changes in the Mesopotamian religious belief system were much more likely, and more frequent, than in Egypt.
In ancient Mesopotamia, where the king exerted “real” political control while at the same time satisfying important ritual functions. In Tablet IV of the Eluma Elish poem, it reads “From this day onwards your command shall not be altered. Yours is the power to exalt and abase. May your utterance be law, your word never be falsified. None of the gods shall transgress your limits. May endowment, required for the gods ' shrines, wherever they have temples, be established for your place.” This small section of the poem alone covers religion, law and how government worked within Mesopotamia. In Egypt, the first king claimed birth from their founder god, Horus. He upheld divine order, or law through religion. He demanded the paying of