Essays on Mesopotamia

The purpose of this essay is to compare two Ancient male rulers. One of the ancient rulers that I chose to speak about is Ramses II also known as “Ramesses the great”. Ramses was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the 19th dynasty. This ancient male...

Throughout the entire existence of the world, a few occasions profoundly change the political circumstance of human advancements. One of those occasions happened in the second thousand years B.C. At that time the third dynasty of Ur has controlled all of Mesopotamia for more than a century. Climate...

History of Ancient Egyptian Architecture  Everything began out on the predynastic and early dynastic in which the idea of structure turned into first explored. The obelisks are huge stone monuments with four-sided and a tapered pinnacle that mirror the courting among the gods and the...

In this today’s world with many modern technologies and development people still talk about “Egyptian civilization” that Why they build those pyramids? How many Gods they believe? How they create laws? About their pharaohs, rules and many more.  Egyptian civilization has started from 3100 B.C....

Pyramids have been a great fascination since time immemorial. The reason being, their construction is impeccable – at a time, when there were no machines to aid with precision. Why, even the tools used by humans had not been developed to any great extent –...

Civilization does not get constructed overnight, but rather over decades or hundreds of years, failure after failure to finally be advanced. According to the Collins English dictionary, civilization is defined as, ”The condition of being civilized; social organization of a high order, marked by the...

The relationship between human beings and the environment are connected very closely during the Mesopotamia ages. Why they are so closely connected is because of the specific humans which made Mesopotamia into what it was. Humans created various martials and resources which affected many empires...

Mesopotamia has been called the “heartland of cities” and this is due to Mesopotamia being the oldest urban civilization in the entire world beginning in the 4th millennium BC (van de Mieroop 1997:1). By the 3rd millennium BC the majority of the Mesopotamian population was...

The advances in agricultural methods and technology were played a major role in the growth of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt but at the end of it all the evolution of government structures both political and religious that formed the social positioning to reinforce these advances....

Babylon was a minor city- state in the center of Mesopotamia for a century Mesopotamia is a region located in southwest Asia located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The word “Mesopotamia” is formed from the words meso, meaning between or in the middle, and...

Since the rise of agricultural societies, the idea of women in power has traditionally made people uncomfortable. Even when women are able to obtain high positions and lead their nations to times of growth and prosperity, men seem to fear women in power. As women...

The ancient world was the beginning of new development for humankind. Art and written documents began to emerge and humans were starting to leave a permanent mark on the Earth as well. Not only did this period bring prosperity and good fortune for some, however,...

Numerous civilizations have left their mark in history through artwork, allowing us to analyze the development of art and its use, and its influence in society. Two of the most prominent civilizations that advanced art immensely were the Egyptian and the Roman ones. The two...

Ancient sites are an integral part of our society. Not only do they provide us with crucial insights about past events that occurred but give us a greater understanding of how communities lived their everyday lives. In order for us continue to appreciate these Ancient...

Introduction Many monuments have been built since the beginning of Egypt’s civilization ,however, some of the most important monuments are the Pyramids of Giza. There are three different pyramids that help people explore three different Pharaohs: Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. These monuments make an important...

Introduction The Hellenistic period brought about a new wave of artistic diversity that transcended all past works. Sculptures made during this time pushed boundaries and took risks. The Hellenistic Terracotta figures had various functions. The figures that will be discussed were all made during the...

This essay analyzes two readings containing opposite positions about the Neolithic Revolution. In the reading “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race” by Jared Diamond, he believes that going from hunter-gathering to agriculture was a huge mistake. Diamond thinks that Hunter-gatherers had...

Antony & Cleopatra is a well-known tragic story across the world. It has a great part in the historical culture. All people know the famous couple who loved each other, fought the Romans and ended their story by their suicide. The story is presented by...

Cleopatra was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Formally known as Cleopatra VII Philopator, her beauty and her ‘femme fetale’ role was what made her the historical icon she is. Who was she really though? Was she a good ruler? Was there...