Comparing Mesopotamia And Mayan
China, Mesopotamia and Mayan
Over the course of history many powerful civilizations were around way before the Common Era. In these civilizations there are three that interest me the most; China, Mesopotamia and Mayan. These three civilizations were around the same time period. They share many similarities but each civilization is unique in their own way. That could be: Religion, Government, Social Structure etc.
Mesopotamia (The land between two rivers) is known as one of the oldest civilization ever found. It lay between two rivers; The Euphrates and the Tigris. These rivers flooded inconsistently causing fresh water to flow into their region. Sumer, located further southeast in Mesopotamia, was a very prospering city. It led to increase food supplies and that caused an increase in human population. Many Semitic (Arabs and Jewish) people migrated to Sumer, bringing with them their languages such as: Akkaidian, Aramaic, Hebrew and Phoenician. One of the first “Sumerian governments were probably assemblies of prominent men who made decisions on behalf of the whole community” (Bentley 28).
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The Huang He River (Yellow River) was very unpredictable, such as the Tigris and the Euphrates of Mesopotamia the Yellow River was unpredictable and caused a lot of floods. This ruined farms and the villages that people made along the river. The yellow river has caused so much destruction that it s nicknames as “China’s Sorrow”. The three fundamental legends of ancient dynasties were the Xia, Shang, and the Zhou. They had control over large regions of land. All three dynasties were very close to the Yellow River for water and trade. The three dynasties were at war for more power; just like Mesopotamia when Sargon took over Mesopotamia because he wanted power, and when he had power he lost it because everybody else around him wanted
Over the course of history many powerful civilizations were around way before the Common Era. In these civilizations there are three that interest me the most; China, Mesopotamia and Mayan. These three civilizations were around the same time period. They share many similarities but each civilization is unique in their own way. That could be: Religion, Government, Social Structure etc.
Mesopotamia (The land between two rivers) is known as one of the oldest civilization ever found. It lay between two rivers; The Euphrates and the Tigris. These rivers flooded inconsistently causing fresh water to flow into their region. Sumer, located further southeast in Mesopotamia, was a very prospering city. It led to increase food supplies and that caused an increase in human population. Many Semitic (Arabs and Jewish) people migrated to Sumer, bringing with them their languages such as: Akkaidian, Aramaic, Hebrew and Phoenician. One of the first “Sumerian governments were probably assemblies of prominent men who made decisions on behalf of the whole community” (Bentley 28).
On the …show more content…
The Huang He River (Yellow River) was very unpredictable, such as the Tigris and the Euphrates of Mesopotamia the Yellow River was unpredictable and caused a lot of floods. This ruined farms and the villages that people made along the river. The yellow river has caused so much destruction that it s nicknames as “China’s Sorrow”. The three fundamental legends of ancient dynasties were the Xia, Shang, and the Zhou. They had control over large regions of land. All three dynasties were very close to the Yellow River for water and trade. The three dynasties were at war for more power; just like Mesopotamia when Sargon took over Mesopotamia because he wanted power, and when he had power he lost it because everybody else around him wanted