Ancient Near East

Slaves in ancient Mesopotamia helped improve the empires. Slaves were multiplied and more and more civilians became slaves and are benefiting the growth of the empires. Mesopotamians depended on slaves to build their empires. Slavery played an important role of the development in the empires. During ancient Mesopotamia, slaves had to go through a lot of tough measures to make their empire great. For example, laws towards slaves were harsh especially ones that tried to escape. Slaves were…

order to defend their city. Furthermore, Mesopotamia’s politics was less centered on religion and more on the social hierarchy. The social structure of the Mesopotamian civilization, is based upon the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi. This code of the ancient civilizations was a foundation to the first written laws in history. Their social hierarchy from top to bottom includes: Brahmans, which are the highest on the hierarchy, are priests and scholars. The second highest in the hierarchy are the…

Religious leaders and Monumental building structures are just a few aspects of these early civilizations that contain many similar and yet different qualities that we will soon delve into, however, if one were to travel back in time to view these ancient rulers and building structures, they would both be truly unparalleled. Religious leaders in early Egypt were also political leaders or kings, later known as Pharaohs. In the beginning of this civilization, there would only be one king at a time…

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDIAN-EGYPTIAN-CHINESE CIVILIZATION Egypt, India (Indus River Valley, Harappa,Vedic, Janapada, Maurya), China (Shang dynasty) are past breaktough urbaneness that started off the civilizations. These civilizations appear to have developed in response to their environment and in reaction to their human need for survival and security. The first human civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley, and China all developed around rivers; as such they were called…

The time surrounding 3000 B.C.E. marked an extremely important period in the history of humanity. During this era, the earth’s population began to move from the small farming villages characteristic of the Neolithic period towards forming full-fledged civilizations (Duiker, 9). These initial civilizations, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, and early China developed in fertile river valleys with abundant arable land. Over the next 3000 years, both the area surrounding the Mediterranean and Chinese…

similarity I see in most civilizations is where they choose to build their settlements. Most ancient civilizations with the exception of the Persians built their settlements around waterways or more specifically rivers. The fertile lowlands around these rivers gave settlers access to farmable land and other basic needs for a growing society which made them prime locations for settlements. For example the ancient Egyptians had the Nile while the Mesopotamians had the Tigris and Euphrates, the…

Mesopotamia was a place between two rivers. Mesopotamia is often called the land between two rivers. The rivers that Mesopotamia are called the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. It is in the middle of modern Iraq. mesopotamia is known for its rich soil, which is formed by the rivers. They created the first written language and the first official religion. Three different groups of people lived here. These groups were the Sumerians, the akkadians, and the Babylonians. Sumerians were the…

Sumerian Writing Majority of individuals communicate verbally or in a written language. In order to have communication or pass thoughts to other individuals writing is an important way to rely your knowledge. However, when did the writing method occur? Well over 10,000 years ago an Ice age had overspread across the Southern and Northern Hemispheres it had caused tons of ice to bury, ruin a whole area of civilization, and changed the living conditions for the survivors that were…

Differences in the Ancient Civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt The early civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt were two major farming civilizations within cities, large populations and social classes. Robert W. Strayer showcases in the chapters that agricultural revolution and populations grew in mass density, completion and subordination (“Ways of the World” PowerPoint, Chapter 2). When it comes two of the major civilizations, Mesopotamia and Egypt, there were many similarities but also…

only shows the complex planning of the Harappans water work system, but it is believed that this site may have also been used as part of their ritual bathing to purify and renew the bather. The great bath is the earliest public water tank in the ancient world featuring two wide staircases that lead down into the tank which leads to an ledge people could walk on around the water. The bath is water tight due to finely fitted bricks with gypsum paste. To ensure water tightness they added a thick…