Mesopotamia/Mesopotamian Civilization Essay

Causey HIS 101 Research Paper 18 February 2015 Life in Mesopotamia Mesopotamia life cannot be compared to the life in Rome or Greece because of the distinguishing differences. Mesopotamia could not be considered to live a unified and sophisticated way of life. In 4500 BCE, through that rise of the city, people of Mesopotamia did however live their lives in comparable ways. Value was placed on the written word by the people of Mesopotamia. The scribes appeared to be infatuated with…

The Epic of Gilgamesh serves as the oldest surviving piece of literature in existence and weaves a narrative of a tyrannical king who gradually changes into an upstanding and benevolent ruler of the ancient city-state of Uruk. This work is more than a poem surrounding Gilgamesh: it incorporates extensive themes such as longing for immortality, the clash between nature and nurture, and one man’s path to enlightenment. Through Gilgamesh’s pursuit of harmony among the multiple faces of his being: a…

story that originates from Mesopotamia. Through out the epic we learn of several gods, the sun-god Shamash that helps Enkidu and Gilgamesh defeat Humbaba, Aruru who creates Enkidu as Gilgamesh’s equal because the people complained about how badly they were being treated by Gilgamesh, Ishtar the god of love, Anu the sky-god etc. There were numerous gods responsible for all areas of life. The gods were an intricate part of human life and affected daily events. Mesopotamians believed that the gods…

Ancient civilization is full of many different stories and different ways of living. The ancient civilizations that we have studied such as Ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Eqypt, and ancient Greece are all very unique in their own ways but the greatest one in my opinion would be Ancient Egypt. I chose ancient Egypt for various reasons. The most obvious reasons would be that the Egyptians did not have to be sent off on their own at a young age to learn how to survive and learn how to go to war like…

Ancient Mesopotamia was home to many artistic and mechanical developments. This was due to the emerging civilizations in the fourth millennium BCE. Among these creations, archaeologists discovered musical instruments, which were carefully crafted by Sumerian artists. One of the most acclaimed artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia is the Bull-Headed Lyre. The discovery of the Bull-Headed Lyre has reinvented the way that history professionals evaluate early human civilization. Conducting a visual…

For example, imagine a Roman war without communication, imagine fighting without communication. I can only assume that would end horribly. There seems to definitely be a reoccurring trend with ancient civilizations. I cannot imagine life without some form of communication, even primitive communication. Jumping a bit more forward now we are getting closer to present day. Not too much closer but slowly but surely we are getting there. We are now entering the…

In Sippar, Mesopotamia, there laid a temple of the sun god, Shamash. Within the courtyard of this temple, there stood a six-foot six-inch piece of Royal Art. On display for the generations of that era, and many eras after, many are able to awe in the narration of a victorious event. This art displays the triumph of Naram-Sin, and his Military, conquering the Lullabi people of Zargos mountains; habitants of Eastern Mesopotamia. In r. 2254-2218 BCE, Naram-Sin was inspired to leave an imprint of…

Let 's say, you come home from cleaning an irrigation ditch, hot in the sun, cleaning all day. You see some sort of plant has infected your left leg, leaving a large puffy numb section of your leg. You go home and show it to your wife and ask her opinion, she says go to the surgeon and get it checked, and you do. The surgeon peers skeptically at the throbbing skin, and finally makes a consultation on the marks. He Believes he will have to cut you open with a bronze lancet, and let the infected…

THE APPEARANCE AND SPREAD OF CUNEIFORM Cuneiform is the name of the many writing systems found throughout Mesopotamia that were in use from the fourth millennium B.C.E until the late first century C.E. The word cuneiform means “wedge-shaped,” due to the wedge shape being one of the two elements that describes the writing style. It was carved on clay tablets and could also be found on stone and metal works (Zorman 2014:103-104). The use of clay was advantageous as it could be molded into many…

Ancient near Eastern societies also had specific views about foreigners. While the Mesopotamians initially rejected the Amorites coming from the West, they eventually accepted them. During the Early Babylonian period, the kings adopted Amorite traditions into what became known as the Amorite Oikumene. Kings shared ways of building temples, initiating urban projects, and in general being a “shepherd to the people.” This eventual acceptance of foreigners is evidenced by Enkidu, Gilgamesh’s…