Compare And Contrast The Mesopotamians Major Contributions To Government, Religion And Culture
What were the mesopotamians’ major contributions to government, religion, and art and culture? The mesopotamians’ were around the era 1600 B.C. during this time they made many changes and new finds to the world. One major way was in the government form, of having leaders. leaders were made out of the elders who had money. It is not different from today around the world the wealthy are who run the countries and who make up our political parties. During the time of the mesopotamians’ the elders made a code laws that everyone knew and needed to follow, if the code was not follow there was a punishment given to the person. During this time the mesopotamians’ believed in many gods they made sacrifices to give to the gods, their gods had human form so they could be more relatable to the people. Even now days the by having religions only believing in one god the gods are still in the form of humans.Some innovations the left behind for all the world to use are; mental work, glassmaking, textile weaving and flood control,all this things is what we use today in everyday use. Astronomy was a big discovery leading to knowing when a eclipses and salsitas were going to occur and this lead to a twelve month calendar. In the culture aspect they contribute, by starting a tradition of storytelling being pass down from one generation to the
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1400 B.C. the way egypt was being rule change this change leading to the society being different. By having king's order the great historical pyramids started to get built. When the pharaohs,came into power a great kingdom started to be built from the ground, with the kings came a government, by doing this they were the first to govern such a large territory. They started traditions seen nowadays, without the leaders and power they had egypt would had never became the kingdom it did. The kings had inpac in art and the structure of the buildings they ones build, the kings started buries and the festivals the went along with
1400 B.C. the way egypt was being rule change this change leading to the society being different. By having king's order the great historical pyramids started to get built. When the pharaohs,came into power a great kingdom started to be built from the ground, with the kings came a government, by doing this they were the first to govern such a large territory. They started traditions seen nowadays, without the leaders and power they had egypt would had never became the kingdom it did. The kings had inpac in art and the structure of the buildings they ones build, the kings started buries and the festivals the went along with