Mesopotamia

During the time period of Ancient Egypt, the Nile river was very important and helped civilization in many ways. The first way that the Nile shaped Ancient Egypt was the agriculture. Secondly, the Nile shaped the geography/settlement. Lastly, the Nile shaped the citizens’ everyday lives. The Nile River shaped agriculture by dividing it into three seasons. The three seasons are Akhet, Peret, and Shemu. The season of Akhet is also known as flood season, and typically occurs from mid-June to…

The Maya Civilization is one almost everyone knows in this day and age. What they do not know, is how long ago this civilization existed. The Maya Civilization can be divided into 3 time periods, preclassic period, classic period, and postclassic period. The total years they existed were from 2000 BC to 909 AD. That is a long time! Firstly, Maya people lived in a vast area; from northern Mexico down south into Central America. The location we now call Guatemala, Belize, and western Honduras…

The Minoans were the first European civilization, they existed on crete which is now a part of Greece now. The Minoans have an important place in world history, as building the first civilization to appear on soil. The Minoans are famous for the palace Knossos, which was built around a central courtyard. The Minoans were named by Sir Arthur Evans, he got their name from King Minos. Most of the Minoans lived in small villages and made their living from farming. They grew wheat, barley, grapes,…

Secrets: The Sphinx Theories The Great Sphinx of Giza had several mysteries about its history. Who had it built, who is it supposed to look like, and why was it built? For ages, it remained a major mystery, with clues being tough to spot. Recently though, some concrete evidence has built around one king, Khafra. Khafra was the son of King Khufu and throne successor of his brother Djedefre. This theory is proven due to the same building methods as Khafra's causeway and his pyramid. This along…

Memphis,One of the most important cities in the ancient world. Around 3000 years before christ, Egyptian divided the area around Nile river into two kingdoms, the upper and lower Egypt. The king Menes was the first king who united the two kingdoms. Then, Memphis was founded to become the center of the kingdom. Memphis is greek words means “The White Wall”. The king of Egypt was called pharaoh and Egyptian believed that the pharaoh was the son of Re, god of Egypt. Memphis was located in the…

The archaeological evidence in support of the historicity of the Bible is overwhelming! “On the whole … archaeological work has unquestionably strengthened confidence in the reliability of the Scriptural record. More than one archaeologist has found his respect for the Bible increased by the experience of excavation in Palestine. Archaeology has in many cases refuted the views of modern critics.” – Millar Burrows, Professor of Archaeology, Yale University1 Not any one of the multiple…

One of the main aspects of biblical religion is the concept that the biblical God is a supernatural entity separated from the physical world. This biblical God is seen as the sole king over humans, thus many of the laws within biblical religion limit the ability for humans to rule over one another. I believe that this limitation of human rule is the foundation of the differences between the royal ideology of the ancient Israelites and Israel’s pagan neighbors. In my opinion the differences…

LaSandra Stallworth Andre Lapalme English 271 19 October 2015 Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Literature The invention of writing in the earliest Literatures Writing is a physical manifestation of a spoken language. The first system of writing was known as cuneiform, which consists of making marks in wet clay. The earliest form of writing was pictographs, which are symbols that represent objects. It is wet clay that is drawn in, and then they would put it out to dry. This writing system…

Near Eastern rulers were able to communicate their power to the masses through works of art. One example would be the Assyrians. The Assyrians have longed use many features of art to not only display their power but to also spread propaganda. In Assyrian art, we see certain qualities and characteristics that showcased their power and use of brutality which might have helped aid them in creating a strong image for Assyria and to also shed fear onto enemies of the state. The themes in Assyrian…

The Laws that are written in the Code of Hammurabi are base ground for archeologist to understanding life as a Mesopotamian citizen. The laws give us the structure that Mesopotamian citizen had to follow under but it also opens another system, in which certain Social Class, aspect of governance and Male and Female relation can affect your outcome in that society. The laws in the Code of Hammurabi were able to give us an aspect on how certain citizen could pay a fee for a law they broke while…