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Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
Natural PhenonmenonWater receded to leave
sedimentsFertilizes the soil
Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia: a city state• Each had their own king and
government
Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
• 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
Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
•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
Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
• Mesopotamian AE
Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
•Pharaoh was considered the king
•Viziers helped out the king in administration
•Build the pyramids
•Egyptology emerged when the Rosetta Stone was discovered
Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt
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 Egypt
Mesopotamia Ancient EgyptAncient Innovations