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Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt


Natural PhenonmenonWater receded to leave

sedimentsFertilizes the soil


Mesopotamia: a city state• Each had their own king and

government


• King received power from Gods• Polytheist-believed in many Gods (supernatural and immortal)• Shaped their destinies-tried to please them with prayers, rituals,

ceremonies and animal sacrifices• Built sanctuaries and temples• Ziggurats-part of the temples, dedicated to the divinity that protected

the city


•World’s First Major Law

•Copies sent by scribes around the kingdom

•282 articles

•The strong must not oppress the weak•Can you name a few?•Did they show social hierarchy?

Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt• Mesopotamians spread their culture

through trade• They had an abundance of agriculture• Lacked materials like wood and metal• Set up trade network to obtain these

items• First used barter• Then gold and silver, later used coins• Merchants travelled thousands of

kilometres• Wheel made travel easier


• Mesopotamian AE


•Pharaoh was considered the king

•Viziers helped out the king in administration

•Build the pyramids

•Egyptology emerged when the Rosetta Stone was discovered


Religion

•Belief in several Gods

•Gods represented different aspects of life

•Deceased bodies were mummified to prepare for the afterlife

•Scale weighed the heart and a feather


Mesopotamia Ancient EgyptAncient Innovations

mesopotamia ancient egypt. natural phenonmenon water receded to leave sediments fertilizes the soil

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