Near East

The Mayan Empire was a vast and marvaless empire within Mesoamerica. A population within the world that compares to it would be Egypt. These two locations share many similarities such as buildings, writing system, calendar system, and religion. These two places also share multiple differences that include geographic location, their form of religion, technology, and how their modern day societies turned out. To begin, Egypt and the Mayan Empire share a similarity in their building structures.…

the society and people at that time. Sometimes later, they “suddenly” notice they can't isolate themselves anymore. Therefore, Silk Road existed. This can be considered as another achievement. It is long like the Great Wall, link up Europe, Middle East, Asia for trading, mainly. In addition, the four majors invention of China is the gunpowder, the compass, papermaking, and printing. However, they didn't get improve after that. Eventually, others countries get more success in those majors,…

River Valley Civilizations’ Contributions Past civilizations have contributed many things that have influenced future, or present, civilizations. To look at a few in specific, ancient river valley civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China have each contributed their own systems/inventions. Mesopotamia brought a writing system and a set of laws. The Sumerians of Mesopotamia created cuneiform, the world’s first written language (Doc 1). According to Doc 1, they used this…

(2016, May). Sumerian Art. Sumerian Art History - Mesopotamian Art. Retrieved from http://quatr.us/westasia/art/sumerians.htm Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. (2004, October). Art of the First Cities in the Third Millennium B.C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/trdm/hd_trdm.htm Roehrig, C. (2000, October). Egypt in the Old Kingdom (ca. 2649–2150…

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…

predictable, sometimes flooding Mesopotamian settlements and destroying crops. Both these civilizations had different geographic placements. Egypt terrain was protected by the Sahara Desert to the west and mountains and cataracts to the south, north and east. Egypt and Mesopotamia was more flat and open, therefore more open to attack from outside invaders. Past historians claim the development of the two civilizations people and cultures reflected these geographical differences. Mesopotamia’s…

The transition from a Paleolithic society into settled civilizations was one of the greatest changes in human development. Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia are two of the greatest ancient civilizations that went through this change. While both governing bodies had strict laws and ties to religion, the main difference was the government system of both ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. This difference actually made a huge impact in terms of the lasting longevity of both civilizations as Egypt was able…

Ancient Egypt was a place of magnificent art, and inventions, with huge pyramids, and a variety of different gods. It may seem like you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between each ancient civilization, but they contrast in many ways. Ancient Egypt was responsible for many technological advances, and some we still use today. Ancient Egyptians way of life fascinates all that take the time to learn about it. Egyptians had strong religious beliefs, as they worshipped over 2,000…

society. Not too far away was the Sumerian civilization, which rose in Southern Mesopotamia. The Sumerians practiced a polytheistic religion, with deities that had human like qualities representing cosmic and terrestrial forces in their world. Being near each other could cause similarities and differences within their own religions. The presence of religion…

Throughout history, civilizations have emerged, died, strived and flourished through a system of government, laws, religion, and rituals. Religion shaped most of these laws and rituals to pave the way for morals, ways of life, learning, class, and economy. The Egyptian and Mesopotamian religion had many similarities but also distinction to one another in other ways. Both Egypt and Mesopotamia civilizations shared the belief of a type of divine kingships. In Mesopotamia, a king would set…