Throughout Global history, there have been many river valleys which play a big role on early civilization and make the important contribution to the world. Three civilization of these is Mesopotamia, India, and China. Mesopotamia is the land that located between Tigris and Euphrates river. This can be considered as the reason why Mesopotamia called Mesopotamia. In Greek, it technically means between two rivers, and obviously this is exactly what was happening.…
Today, I decided to take a walk through to Crotona Park, which is located in the South Bronx. New York City obtained the property from Andrew Bathgates as part of the partnership of the Bronx Park department in 1888. It was known as “Bathgate Woods.” The park was already popular for its scenic view, which includes its trees and its pond. There was a debate when it came to naming Crotona Park.…
Hi guys! As you already know, we are going to be talking about Mesopotamia in this book. I think that everyone knows what Mesopotamia means, but, just to make sure everybody really knows what's Mesopotamia means, I’m going to tell you! Mesopotamia means land between two rivers, and this two rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, they are the main bodies of water that Mesopotamia has, but there are much more. Mesopotamia is divided into several villages, and the most important one is Sumer (remember it’s not…
Pharaoh Senusret l reigned from 1971 B.C.E to 1926 B.C.E. He has 2 monuments they are the White Chapel and the Pyramid of Senusret l. He died in 1926 B.C.E. His father is named Amenemhat l, his mother is Neferitatenen. Senusret’s children are Amenemhat ll, Itakayet, Sebat, Neferuptah, Neferusobek and Nensed.…
The Fertile Crescent (2,300 B.C.E +/-?) consisted of two urban centers named Mesopotamia and Babylon. The two literary works that we discussed in these two urban centers were The Epic of Gilgamesh in Mesopotamia and The Law of Hammurabi (1750 B.C.E) in Babylon. The Epic of Gilgamesh was a story made up of four characters by the name of Gilgamesh, Ishter, Enkidu, and Utnapishtim. In the story Gilgamesh was on a journey while he was on that journey he met Ishter, a fertility Goddess. Gilgamesh rejected Ishter overtures.…
Gobekli Tepe: The Original Eden In the chapter of Genesis, the creation story of the bible, the first man and woman had been created in the likeness of God within the Garden of Eden; along with a diversity of animals that would co-exist under the dominion of the “first ever” recorded humans, Adam and Eve. However, the question remains; where was this elusive Garden of Eden? Was it an actual physical location on this earth, or did it exist within an otherworldly dimension?…
Stowe calls the senator an example of a “ sad case of patriotism”. Many of the people in these times believed that they were doing right by owning slaves. With Stowe’s word choice it is clear that she sees what slavery really is. She describes slavery as the act of shattering families. The word shattering allows the reader to visualize the level of impact slavery has on a family.…
How did the Ishtar Gate in Babylon communicate the political power of the Babylonian Empire and how does the construction, plan and decoration give clues to its symbolization, is the question? This Essay will try to uncover a concrete answer as compared to the evidence given. Additionally, this essay shall, give insight of possible interpretations of the decorations that are found upon the Ishtar Gate. Furthermore, within the context, it will represent not only the political power of the Babylonian Empire of the time period but, how it has influenced today’s society.…
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…
Nebuchadnezzar II is well known for building sanctuaries committed to Babylonian divine beings and for changing Babylon, the capital of his domain, into a superb city. The Processional way, which was a noteworthy street utilized for formal parades, was cleared with vast stone pieces and kept running from the waterway to the royal residence complex and the passageway to the city, the Ishtar Gate. The door had four tall towers that spoke to the city's quality, and encompassing the course prompting the entryway were dividers brightened with blue coated blocks transposed with turquoise and gold shaded blocks with pictures of gatekeeper lions and winged serpents. The royal residence of Nebuchadnezzar is renowned worldwide for its hanging patio nurseries,…
Uruk is a city in Iraq (modern Warka in Iraq) where the first writing emerged and city life began more than five thousand years ago and. In Uruk, the most significant monument was the Ziggurat on which the White Temple was built. The Ziggurat was dedicated to the moon god Nanna, the patron deity of the city. It is the base on which the White Temple, that is a rectangle and oriented at cardinal points, is set on in order to get the temple closer to the heavens and to give access from the ground to it via steps. Mesopotamians believed it functioned as a representation of the homes of the gods, which connected heaven and earth.…
During the Stone Age, many different cities and struggled and starved because of one thing. Which is lack of water and other natural resources. So you can understand why the Mesopotamia and the Nile River was significant. It helped the environment as well as the people there. Water was now available anytime it was needed, farming and agriculture also expanded, making it easy make crops for families.…
Akhenaten, the son of Amenhotep III, was an Egyptian king of the 18th Dynasty who brought many cultural reforms to Egypt during his reign. It is generally thought that Akhenaten acted through his reign without any precedent or foreshadowing. However, it has also been speculated that he may have drawn his ideas from the rule of his father. Akhenaten, with his revolutionary focus on Aten and being the first Egyptian king to truly embrace monotheism coupled with henotheism, revealed the importance of the sun cults in the Egyptian world. Akhenaten was raised in the court of his father, and as such was constantly exposed to and heavily influenced by Amenhotep’s progression towards a reformed Egypt.…
According to Nelson, author of The Icon: Egypt’s Great Sphinx, “Who built the Great Sphinx of Giza? No one can say for sure (5).” Therefore, nobody knows who officially constructed the national symbol of Egypt that is the Great Sphinx of Giza; it’s a huge monumental figure that has a head of a human and a body of a lion (Winston 2). However, there are a few conspiracies about the human-headed lion such as who really actually built it, and why was it made? This mystery of who built the magnificent sculpture is still a secret to this day.…
The Struldbrugs are known as immortals that are “incapable of friendship and natural affection towards others (Swift 180). As they grow older, they become melancholy and despondent. After the age of 30, the Struldbrugs are burdened with decay mentally, physically, and emotionally. In “Swift’s Struldbruggs, Progress, and the Analogy of History,” William Freedman stated that the Struldbrugs was read to be “an attack on Gulliver’s own foolishness and personal ambition” (Freedman). Freedman believed that this episode of the Struldbrugs was an “assault on humanity’s sobering lesson on that humanity is always the same, and there is no escape from our vices and our trivialities.”…