Euphrates

The period between 4000 – 3500 BC was were the civilization began during the Mesopotamian Era. The people of Mesopotamia lived between the Tigris and Euphrates River where they developed government and learned how to write. The first library was derived from this time where they created clay tablets to record events and create stories tales. One of the most famous mythical poems that was written in clay tablet was The Epic of Gilgamesh. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a poem that was created by the…

We have seen one-man bath in the Euphrates, sleep in the Congo, look upon the Nile, and hear the singings of the Mississippi. This man has lived through many hardships and has persevered through it all. The tone of McKay’s, “If We Must Die” is dignity. The speaker’s main goal is to die nobly…

During the late Republic Period, the Roman empire had begun to reach the height of its powers. With the increasing wealth that they gained from conquering neighboring countries, the Romans launched a series of city beautification and engineering projects. They made many contributions to the modern world such as the model structure of the government that had become the basis for modern U.S. and European law. The intention of their law had been based on a foundation that stated that one eternal…

Baal, another prominent deity is the storm and fertility god along with his sister and consort, Anat the goddess of love, sensuality and war. Dagan is the god of grain and worshipped in the Euphrates Valley from earlier times. Yamm as the god of the sea and rivers and regarded as one of Baal's major adversaries. Mot whose name means death is the god of the underworld. Resheph is the god of pestilence and plague, is responsible for the demise…

Ancient Near East is a general term that holds geographical territory, religion beliefs and living conditions of early civilizations established within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East five thousand years ago: Mesopotamia and Egypt. These Ancient Eastern civilizations are considered the cradle of modern civilization; they were the origin of many civilization features as agriculture practice, government, empires and law codes, social stratification, urbanism, writing…

2. FLOOD NARRATIVES: Compare and contrast the flood stories in Gilgamesh, and in the Genesis. How are they similar? How are they different? What is the meaning and purpose of each flood, as well as the outcome? How are the gods featured? What is humanity's role? What does each story intend to teach the reader? Are there any parallels to this type of story today? Give examples of your arguments. Epic of Gilgamesh is a story believed to be over 4000 years old, this story has an exquisite tale of…

Often considered his seminal work, ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’ is an early example of Hughes’s mastery of prose. For a 17 year old boy, he wrote with surprising conviction when discussing being “bathed in the Euphrates when the dawns were young.” [“The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” 5] The poem leads through thousands of years of African history in a few lines, right down to the United States slaves, where he “ heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went…

until the end of Augustus’s rule the Roman Empire conquered and expanded their empire from the Rhine and Danube in the north to the Atlantic Ocean on the west, Arabia in the Middle East and the Sahara in North Africa on the South and almost to the Euphrates on the East (Morey, par. 13). The two ethnicities that jeopardized the security of the Roman Empire were the Parthians and the Germans. He recovered the Parthians without war or any battle. In an article named Emperor Augustus, it says, “ in…

La’Dreamer Jones Dr. Hermann 9.27.16 Egypt and Mesopotamia are two of the oldest river-valley civilizations. Egypt and Mesopotamia are different when it comes to their religious, political, and cultural systems but they still possess some similarities. Egypt as well as Mesopotamia was ruled by a king, however the political system was structured differently. The similarities and differences of these civilizations are the reasons why they may have thrived or fallen in particular areas of having…

During the course of this semester, we have been focusing on the earliest civilizations and what they have contributed to our society today. Although Mesopotamia (Sumerians) and Mesoamerica (Olmecs) are relatively near each other and there are numerous similarities, they still had distinct differences. Mesoamerica was more advanced than Mesopotamia despite the fact that archaeologists have found limited evidence. While the Sumers had a not-so-whopping population of 18,000 per city, the Olmecs…