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Urban Specialists of Mesopotamia and Egypt: A Journey Through Civilization

Explore the civilizations of Sumerians and Babylonians through the lens of poetry, law, and beer-making practices. Discover the origins of cuneiform writing, the Code of Hammurabi, and the Epic of Gilgamesh. Delve into ancient economies, sciences, and religious beliefs of these societies, drawing parallels to modern life.

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Urban Specialists of Mesopotamia and Egypt: A Journey Through Civilization

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  1. CHAPTER 2 MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT

  2. Urban • Specialists • Socio/cultural • Mesopotamia CIVILIZATION

  3. SUMERIANS

  4. Writing CUNEIFORM

  5. Poems • Heroism • Good vs. Evil EPIC OF GILGAMESH

  6. BABYLONIANS

  7. 300 laws • Punishment CODE OF HAMMURABI

  8. What do these laws tell us about this society? • What kind of economy did Babylonia have? • Are these laws similar to laws in our modern societies?

  9. SCIENCES

  10. Not before 10,000 bce • Widespread: 4,000 bce • Wheat/barley • Flavors • Trial and errors BEER

  11. “They placed food in front of him, they placed beer in front of him; Enkidu knew nothing about eating bread for food, and of drinking beer he had not been taught. The young woman spoke to Enkidu saying: Drink the beer, as is the custom of the land. He drank the beer-seven jugs!-and became expansive and sang with joy.” EPIC OF GILGAMESH

  12. Religious • Supernatural forces • Today? • Healthy? BEER

  13. Settled, orderly life • Payment • Friendly, unpretentious • Throughout history? BEER

  14. 1800 bce to Palestine • Religion • Old Testament • Yahweh • Impact? HEBREWS

  15. Farming 5000 B.C.E. • Nile • Civilization 3200 B.C.E. Ancient Egypt

  16. Govt. • Pharaoh • Bureaucracy GOVT.

  17. Hieroglyphics • Pictograms, phonetic • Papyrus • Restricted

  18. Love Sonnet XII crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps. PABLO NERUDA

  19. EGYPT

  20. Unequal $$$ • Labor SOCIETY

  21. Hekt

  22. Pharaoh ECONOMY

  23. Aten: mono? • Central • Sacrifices RELIGION

  24. Pyramids • 80 • Wealth BUILDERS

  25. 1000 B.C.E. • Mines • Independent • Conquered NUBIA

  26. The Eastern Mediterranean,c. 1100 B.C.E.

  27. Bantu • Agriculture, iron • Nigeria • 3000 b.c.: spread SUB SAHARA

  28. Society • Religion

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