Tigris

The architecture and agriculture stood the test of time, but came from different civilizations. Mesopotamia and Egypt have innumerable similarities and differences that are incredibly valuable to historians and humans in general. Mesopotamia and Egypt have numerous religious similarities and differences. Both cultures of polytheistic, but they have a different number of gods and how they worship them. Mesopotamians only worshiped the gods like gods, but Egyptians also worshiped pharaohs as…

Judaism, which still exists today. Some Hebrews were nomadic (wandering herders) and some were traveling merchants. Hebrew artisans made goods from gold, copper, and ivory. They sold their goods by traveling on donkeys, going up the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates. They exchanged their good for…

Key Concept 1.3 The Development and Interactions of Early Agricultural, Pastoral, and Urban Societies 1. Civilizations are large societies with cities and powerful states. Defining characteristics of civilizations include: producing agricultural surpluses, specialization of labor, containing cities, complex institutions (political bureaucracies, armies, religious hierarchies), having clearly stratified social hierarchies, and organized long-distance trade. 2. As civilizations grew, and…

Civilization is considered as the most advanced stage in a human social development and organization, and consists of society, culture, and way of life. Around 10,000 BCE, people known as Nomads did not have a permanent area to settle in. They constantly traveled where their non-domesticated livestock went. Between 10,000 BCE through 550 BCE evidence of settlements began to show. Located within the Fertile Crescent, “[Sumerians were the only group that gave] evidence if settlements, systematic…

The legacy from goat-devil connections appears as a reality concerning demonic “human” manifestations witnessed by numerous references. Conspicuously, demons persisted being linked to malformed persons described as goat or demon monster babies. Plato and Aristotle mention these deformities in their writings. Bother philosophers discuss such phenomenon as humans producing grotesque children that resemble animals instead of their parents called terata. Moreover, the ancient Talmud mentions…

delegate the division of labor to expand their power and influence. These cultures focused their dependents on the sustainability of river basins such as: the Mesopotamia’s engineers built levees, ditches and canals to control flood waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Egyptians created basins to catch the silt from flooding waters of the Nile, the Indus river valley area took advantage of melting snow from the Himalayas to flood the river basins. As technology shifted to the…

All around the world, there are many different types of cultures, each of them unique in their own ways. There are many different factors that led to diverse cultures. Geographic features have been a key factor to civilization success and development. Ancient Egypt and Ancient Sumer had many geographic features that shaped and molded their civilizations. As different civilizations began to develop, people were able to exchange ideas more easily through writing. A scribe’s job became…

Located in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley is Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest development of the Neolithic Revolution from around 10,000 B.C. It has established some of the most important developments in human history including the wheel, cursive, math, and astronomy. Their culture extended out to the Middle East and the Indus Valley. Mesopotamia is considered the beginning of civilization. Sumer, the first civilization, consisted of city-states. Rulers of these city-states of…

from these groups, but writing, a wide variety of goods and urban centers came about as well. These aspects of society made up what we now know as a civilization. One of the earliest civilizations formed was called the Sumerians. They lived in the Tigris and Euphrates river valley after taking over Mesopotamia. Notably one of their biggest developments was the invention of written language, in which they used shapes to symbolize the…

In ancient times, many people lived as hunters and gatherers, without the luxuries of homes or technology. However, at one time, many groups of people around the world decided to stop roaming around to find food and start a life of agriculture. The results of this decision were profound, as they have led to the rise of many great civilizations that have formed the basis of today's society. The change in lifestyle from foraging to farming, referred to by historians as the Neolithic Revolution…