Tablets of Stone

and believes of the time. However, there were some Christians that have studied and analyzed the ideas of creation and the afterlife presented. The stories that were discovered on tablets

these laws. If the laws were broken, you would be punished in accordance to what you had done. In Sumerian, the king did not write down the rules as everyone was expected to know them. Babylon on the other hand, had their laws written down on a stone tablet which was created by the king of Babylon, Hammurabi. These laws came to be known as The Code of Hammurabi and outlined basic human rights. The Code is now the basis of many countries’ constitutions. With the absence of government, Mesopotamia would

Qufu, my hometown,is located in Shandong Province.Qufu is also a famous thinker, educator-the hometown of Confucius. Confucius once said: "what a joy it is to have friends coming from afar!"Qufu is a paradise for tourists, which includes the Mansion, Temple and Cemetery of Confucius.You can feel the thick Confucianism here. In 1994, the three holes were listed by the United Nations as a world cultural heritages.Visitors from all over the world come to Qufu to worship Confucius annually. Confucius

Enkidu, a man equal to Gilgamesh, out of clay. A hunter noticed Enkidu one day and sought out Gilgamesh who told the hunter to take the prostitute Shamhat to seduce him. Gilgamesh had been dreaming of a new friend arriving in Uruk for a while. In Tablet 2, after spending seven days and nights with Enkidu, Shamhat takes him to a shepherd’s camp. Enkidu learns about what Gilgamesh does to new brides so he decides to visit a wedding in Uruk. When Gilgamesh arrives to that wedding, Enkidu will not let

Archaic Mesopotamia and the environments influence. In Archaic Mesopotamia to the fall in 339 BCE, the surrounding environment highly influenced these people in a multitude of ways. As it aided in crafting and refining technology, the growth of agriculture and religious aspects. As the environment created and strengthen the connection of the people to the gods and goddesses as seen by the Epic Tales of Gilgamesh. However, as the environment underwent changed due to the climate and settlements, the

Newspapers - Acta Diurna , were daily newspapers, carved on stone or metal that were displayed in the public markets for citizens. Bound books - they made popular the technology for the first books written on wax tablets and later in animal skin bound together Roads - 50.000 miles covering 1.7 million square miles. Huge, for the year 200 A.D The Iulian Calendar - The closest calendar to the current Gregorian Calendar we use today. The 12 tablets of law - Many parts of the Justice Departments of today

National magazines which were popular were: Time, Life, and Newsweek. The National Geographic was a magazine which cover news and trends from across the globe. Probably the most widely read magazine on the topic of music and entertainment was Rolling Stone. News was broadcast on television and radio. Entertainment could be seen at the movie theater and heard on the radio. Books were published, both fiction, as well as non-fiction. Biographies were written about the lives of individuals, from Presidents

came to be where we are today. The field of archaeology is incredibly important to understanding human culture and its development throughout prehistory. It is through the efforts of archaeologists that we have distinctions such as the stone

language, cuneiform script. They used this for business dealings, written records, and making trade easier. These written ideas were written on clay tablets, and baked in a kiln. This writing was a giant leap forward in the development of their civilization. Mesopotamia warrior, Hammurabi, created Hammurabi’s Code in 1754 B.C. This code was written on a huge, stone monument.

In Tablet XI of Stephen Mitchell’s written adaptation of the well-known myth, The Epic of Gilgamesh, the main protagonist, Gilgamesh, has met Utnapishtim, the once mortal man turned immortal by the gods. However, before delving into Tablet XI of Gilgamesh, it’s important to understand what has happened before, in Tablet X. In Tablet X, Gilgamesh has traveled with Urshanabi across the Waters of Death to find Utnapishtim to figure out how to obtain eternal life as Utnapishtim has. When Utnapishtim