Mesopotamia

addition of agriculture and pastoralism civilizations began to form. These civilizations include Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, and the Shang dynasty in China and later more. All of these societies took on the same change for hunting and gathering to stationary life. While Mesopotamia and Shang had many similarities a early civilizations there culture was very unique. Both Shang and Mesopotamia used art as a form of creative expression and to honor royals and god's. Art in China consist…

One of the greatest impacts Mesopotamia had in the world involves their language. The Akkadian language that the Mesopotamians used is actually related to the current Hebrew and Arabic language. The Akkadian language that they used impacted and influenced the creation of some words in the two languages. This makes a big impact on the world because the Hebrew and Arabic languages are used in many religions and some countries. These two languages have lasted until our present day which means that…

Going back thousands and thousands of years ago, two civilizations, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, were very different according to the five key elements of culture. First, one key aspect that was very contrasting between these civilizations was the language. For example, Mesopotamia had distinct origins and a different style of writing. The earliest forms of writing in Mesopotamia was based on pictograms which “were used to communicate basic information about crops and taxes (Writing 1). As…

about Mesopotamia Civilization from the textbook and watched a video in the class. We watched the video from the Crash Course channel on YouTube, the video is called the Crash Course World History series, entitle “Mesopotamia” in episode 3. Which is taught by a man, John Green. The main ideas in this video is about Mesopotamia; John talked about Cities and States, Kingdom, and Empire in mostly. So, I’m going to review about what I’ve learned from this video. In early Mesopotamia…

similarities seen between Mesopotamia and Egyptian societies. Both societies actively engaged in agricultural development. Although, Mesopotamians employed irrigation methods, to sustain adequate crops, due to dry land and unpredictable flood regions. In contrast, the Nile River was predictable in its flooding, which not only irrigated the crops, but also supplied rich nutrients, a boon for the Egyptians. Another similarity is the technology of writings. The Sumerians of Mesopotamia invented a…

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…

With the Agricultural Revolution came the flourishing of many ancient civilizations. Two of these civilizations, the ancient Mesopotamians and the ancient Egyptians have provided modern day historians to uncover what life was like during these times. While these two civilizations are located in different areas and have their own distinctive culture, the two have similarities which come from a geographical influence. According the texts that have been discovered and provided, Egyptian rulers…

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…

Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley were two successful and productive empires. These two societies had distinct cultures but have certain likeness to them . These traits are useful in explaining the differences and similarities in these two cultures. Mesopotamian civilization was split into various city states, meaning having a political unit made up of a city and the surrounding lands. With the city-state, Mesopotamia each had its own laws and priest/kings, however, the people had no power.…

different geographical areas, Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt held both different and similar qualities when it came to religion, water as a natural resource, and forms of architecture. Water is a natural resource that is vital…