Comparison of the Aztecs and Sumerians

Their gods were based on the forces of nature. The most important gods were the sun, rain, moon, and thunder gods because these were the gods that they believed would help them with their crops.

Their Gods: The Mesopotamians had hundreds of gods who all had different task such as making bread, or poetry. Supposedly it wasnt the gods who created the world or humans, but the blood of a dead dragon named kingu, or the rivers tigris and euphrates which were also made from a dragon

One of the greatest accomplishments of the Sumerians would be their creation of Cuneiform. Cuneiform was the world’s first writing system. Cuneiform was based on wedge shaped characters representing words, but later developed into representing word sounds and concepts. This was probably the most momentous contribution of the Sumerians. Writing is important to all civilizations, without it our world wouldn’t be the way it is today. Although most Sumerian citizens were illiterate and couldn’t read or right, cuneiform was a huge achievement made by the

Sumerians was ancient groups of people that lived in southern Mesopotamia. From everything I have researched, the Sumerians had a different way of life, they hunted prey, lived in caves or huts, provided their own type of language among themselves and had a very religious lifestyle. The Sumerians was so religious they build temples that best suited their religious interests, their main temples was man made holy mountain that they called ziggurats, their they put god figures that they would hold and worship; the figures had huge eyes with the praying hand gestures. The Sumerians had a different religious lifestyle than most, but are quite interesting when studying their artistic history and religious lifestyle.

Ancient Mesopotamian religion was the oldest known recorded religion. Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic. There is a relationship between the codes of law and religion in Babylonian – Mesopotamian

Ancient Egyptians referred to their king as pharaoh. Document 3 explains that they believed that pharaoh is a god that controls everything and has an absolute power that nobody can came close to. According to document 6 the Sumerians and Akkadians practice polytheism, the worship of many gods. They believed that keeping the gods happy will be the key of their own happiness and prosperity but, if the gods were angry, they might bring suffering and disaster.the sumerians built temples that called ziggurats, they believed that the temples linked earth with the heavens and linked people with gods.

In Ancient China, they developed a writing system for preservation. In China, people would use logograms, which are symbols that represent a word or a meaning.In the early days of the ancient Chinese civilization, people would write on oracle bone or tortoise shell.In Ancient India, writing systems were developed for recording data and information. The Indus script used signs and words and it was written from right to left. By 1800 BCE, the Indus valley civilizations started to fall and writing were often used anymore. Ancient Egyptians started to developed a writing system called, hieroglyphics because they needed a way to record important information. They believed that recording data and communicate information about government and religion was essential. Scribes were only ones to write in hieroglyphics and were written from left to right or top to bottom. In Mesopotamia, people started developing a writing system to information. Mesopotamia created a writing system called, cuneiform. Mesopotamian scribes would record important dates and event, and position of the stars. These ancient civilizations started to create their own writing system to record history and communicate information.

The polytheistic religion of the Sumerian contrasted with the monotheistic religion of the Hebrews. The people of Sumeria worshipped thousands of gods, and each city-state adopted a god as their protector (Hunt, Martin, Rosenwein & Smith, 2013, p.10). Moreover, the Sumerian built ziggurats, a temple tower, to please their gods (Hunt,

As I read Daily Life of The Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest, I discovered the Aztecs were a truly amazing society of people. In the book, Jacques Soustelle looks into Aztec culture, religion, education, and technology, just to name a few. He looks across the Valley of Mexico during the early 1500s. These Aztec people can be compared and contrasted with that of people in today’s society.

Before the legendary empires of the Romans and the Greeks, there were other prospering civilizations thriving in parts of Central America and parts of Mexico. The Mayan, Incan and Aztec civilizations were a few of the greatest ancient civilizations in history, but they each had distinct characteristics that helped them prosper into the great empires that they became. Each had their own fascinating ways of food production, governing system and culture. The Mayans were established first out of the three and settled in modern-day Mexico. Then came the Aztecs and they also settled in modern-day Mexico and the Incas were the last of the three and they settled in the Andes Mountains and what is now Peru. All three had very successful and long-lasting civilizations until they were taken out by a natural cause or foreign invaders. Even though the Mayan, Aztecs and Incan empires had their distinct characteristics of what made them great, only the Incan empire would be able to succeed in today’s world because of their unique governing system and their advancements in military and infrastructure.

Ancient Egyptians were polytheistic, which is the belief in more than one god. Every religion has its

Religion has also played a major role in Mesopotamian culture throughout history. Early religion in Mesopotamia was polytheistic for the majority. They believed that different gods controlled the various forces of nature. Ancient mesopotamia consisted over 2100 different deities that were associated with different city-states within. Ancient sumerian culture believed that afterlife was a land below our world that everyone went to regardless of social status or the actions performed during life. Around the 1st century CE,

The Mayans had a distinct way of writing, using ideograms to record data of their everyday life. ”They developed complex hieroglyphic writing that they used to record historical and religious events,” (Hopkins 28-29). In the article Mayan Civilization, Hopkins provides evidence that we can learn their way of living, their history and religion, and also their beliefs and rituals. The Aztecs also recorded their history, but instead resorted to different ways of recording it. “They used picture writing to record political and religious history; they used calendars and had a mathematical system based on the number 20,” (Maldonado 20-23). In the passage Aztecs, Maldonado stated that like the Mayans, Aztecs recorded history and their religious rituals. The Mayans and Aztecs both have affected how we understand their time and

Religions played an important role in both Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations. It allowed people to worship Gods who they believed to ensure good lives. However, both civilizations did not use judge morality. Sumerians believed that Gods give them good living condition rather than judge it. Sumerian religion was created from myths and ritual prayers. Sumerians were “literal servants” and obey to the Gods. They offered prayers, gifts to the gods and Gods blessed people with good condition. Gods of Sumerians were Heaven creating of day and night, The Great Above making up of the space between the sky and the earth, and The Great Below where people go after death. Like Sumerian, Egypt religion was also created from myths along with traditions.

The Mayans were organized by city states and ran government the same way. The religion was based on polytheism, or multiple Gods of nature and earth. One reason for their rise to a complex civilization was that The Mayans were very advanced people in the area of education. They were well ahead of their time in areas of math, astronomy, and even medicine and other sciences. Society, along with much of the world today, is still influenced by their ways and methods in these areas. The Mayas