Compare and Contrast the Rise and Fall of Mesopotamia and...

In this project I plan on exploring the contrasts and comparisons between the rise of Mesopotamia and Egypt. I chose this particular question because during my junior year I took and AP World History class in which we of course studied the worlds history. One on my favorite things that we studied in that class was ancient Empires. Mr. Herman, my AP teacher during that time, went through the Mesopotamian and Egyptian Empires rather too quickly for my tastes. I felt as though there were a lot of things that I missed and would have loved to study. So during my preparations for the AP exams I wrote a brief essay on comparing and contrasting the rise and fall of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian Empire. I enjoyed writing this essay and was quite interested in the topic. Despite the fact this didn’t make up much of the exam I later decided that this would be my capstone topic backup in case I dont like the one I came up with in the future. And like I predicted I did not like my previous topic and chose to continue this. The reason I thought to do this for my capstone after my other idea failed was because I found that people would get a lot more out of this. We go to an arts school and frankly unless something has to do with the history of our art forms people don’t really pay that much attention to history, unless they plan to become an anthropologist. I found that with this I can educate my classmates on the history of those who came before us and then apply it to current dayShow MoreRelatedThe Lost History Of Christianity By Philip Jenkins954 Words   |  4 PagesHistory of Christianity†, author Philip Jenkins attempts to convey the message that there are many aspects of Christianity that are unknown to Christian followers today. Jenkins start by implying that Christianity essentially starts in Northern Mesopotamia. Jenkins then traces the history of Christianity from Africa to the Arab world to the heart of Asia, in what he consider to be the â⠂¬Å"golden age† of Christianity. He informs the readers of the stories of churches and movements that thrived over aRead MoreThe Birth of Civilization18947 Words   |  76 PagesEast? EARLY INDIAN CIVILIZATION page 16 WHAT INFLUENCES did the first Indus valley civilization have on later Indian religious and social practices? EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATION page 23 WHY DID large territorial states arise in ancient China? THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION IN THE AMERICAS page 27 HOW DID agriculture influence the development of civilizations in Mesoamerica? 1 he earliest humans lived by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants. Around 10,000 years ago, they learned to cultivateRead MoreSalahudin Ayubi / Muhammad Al-Fateh8251 Words   |  34 PagesINTRODUCTION SALAHUDIN AYUBI Salahudin Ayubi, better known in the Western world as Saladin, was a Kurdish Muslim, who became the first Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He led Islamic opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant. At the height of his power, he ruled over Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, Hejaz, and Yemen. He led the Muslims against the Crusaders and eventually recaptured Palestine from the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem after his victory in the Battle of Hattin. AsRead MoreWorld History AP8768 Words   |  36 Pagespolitical organization and values? †¢ The Persians built an imperial political system that drew upon previous Mesopotamian polities, including the Babylonian and Assyrian empires. The Persian Empire was far larger than its predecessors, stretching from Egypt to India, and ruled over some 35 million subjects. †¢ The Persian system was centered on an elaborate cult of kingship in which the emperor was secluded in royal magnificence and was approachable only through an elaborate ritual. †¢ Persian emperorsRead MoreRastafarian79520 Words   |  319 Pagesroutinization of Rastafari primarily because they have uncritically accepted the idea that the development of formal organizational structures (whether rational-legal or traditional) is the only indicator of the routinization of new movements. In contrast, this interpretive study unequivocally asserts the routinization of the movement. Of course the use of Webers theory of routinization is somewhat problematic, because Rastafari lacks the institutional structures that Weber posits as the evidence