The Sumerians were one of the earliest urban societies to emerge in the world‚ in Southern Mesopotamia more than 5000 years ago. They developed a writing system whose wedge-shaped strokes would influence the style of scripts in the same geographical area for the next 3000 years. Eventually‚ all of these diverse writing systems‚ which encompass both logophonetic‚ consonantal alphabetic‚ and syllabic systems‚ became known as cuneiform. It is actually possible to trace the long road of the invention
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EU-Phrates River Got a new lesson for you about ancient Mesopotamia The Euphrates River and Tigris River form the base of civilization Mesopotanians lived long ago Dedicated god’s and had control By the EU-Phrates River (x4) They believed in many gods‚ this is polytheism Shamash was the god of sun; Dagon of vegetation By the EU-Phrates River (x4) Akkadian was what they spoke‚ wrote on clay tablets some call notes They had temples called ziggurat They kept themselves united under Hammurabi’s
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everything‚ she will set our feet in steps of good counsel.” (Tablet III pg. 23) Ishtar is a powerful character in the story. Her beauty provokes the men and her power threats kings. (Power) Ex. Her rage to Gilgamesh sends the Wild Bull of Heaven to Uruk. “ The goddess Ishtar heard these words‚ she went up to heaven in a furious rage. … ‘Father‚ give me‚ please‚ the Bull of Heaven‚ so this dwelling I may slay Gilgamesh!’” (Tablet VI pg.50) The Iliad We see women in three different roles; object‚ love
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3200-3000 2-3 Reconstruction drawing of White Temple and ziggurat‚ Uruk‚ Iraq‚ ca. 3200-3000 B.C. 2-4 Female Head (Inanna) from Uruk (Warka) 3‚200-3000
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Religion was a big factor in the development of western civilization. Religion has been the reason for the starting of wars and for the dying off of ancient civilizations. All because two civilizations had different views of their gods that they worship causing problems between two cities. This paper contrasts the two kinds of religion‚ monotheism‚ and polytheism. Polytheism is the belief that there are many different gods‚ where monotheism is the belief in one god. Polytheism is the way the
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The Evolution of the “Highway to Hell” in Classical Mythology Mythology‚ by denotation‚ is “a traditional story‚ especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon‚ and typically involving supernatural beings or events.” Myths are an entity that evolve through time and through the changing of culture in order to tailor to the people telling the story; as such‚ we often see a series of different versions develop reflecting a relatively similar
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significant differences that distinguish the two tales and their reliability. The epic of Gilgamesh‚ written by the Sumerians between 2700 B.C. and 600 B.C.‚ is the most famous parallel to the story of Noah in the bible. It focuses on the king of Uruk Gilgamesh‚ and his quest for immortality after the death of his friend. This quest leads him to Utnapishtim‚ (character equivalent to the biblical Noah) who is the “immortal flood hero” (Wikipedia). Utnapishtim then recounts to Gilgamesh the story
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Transcendence Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces depicts how a hero transcends and transforms from ordinary to extraordinary. In the book‚ The Hero with a Thousand Faces discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero found in world of mythologies. In relation‚ a hero’s journey is depicted in the story Inanna‚ the queen of heaven and earth. The story follows through as her descent to the underworld‚ with challenges before and after achieving her "Hero" status. Moreover
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Those who were considered impure in Mesopotamian society were also of use to maintaining social order. Enkidu‚ a wild human being‚ was perceived as a threat to their society‚ so Gilgamesh‚ the ancient king of Uruk‚ ordered a harlot‚ which would be considered an unclean or impure woman‚ to seduce Enkidu. A harlot is essentially a prostitute. The fact that she is a prostitute and has a leading role in the “protecting” of Mesopotamia demonstrates that even those
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History 110 A; Term Paper Assignment Mythology in The Ramayana Ancient civilizations found their sense of identity and source of understanding of the world around them through their mythical folk tales. The narrative epics that these civilizations developed reflected important aspects of their overall world view. By reading these folktales you get a better understanding of how it was like to live in these ancient times. The characters of the stories go through and experience life in a sense that
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