Neolithic Period was a period of time known as “Neio stone age.” This was an era that existed between (7000-3000 B.CE.). Nomads primarily the Sumerians, developed tools made of stone to make the world of farming and hunting more efficient. These discoveries for agriculture led to a new way of life through population growth and diversity. It was because of the population growth that the first established governments were founded. The historical significance that the Neolithic Period left behind was organizing people around a central authority governed by laws giving stability for both peace and war time.
Mesopotamian Civilization was a period that lasted from (3000-1595 B.C.E.).Mesopotamia was an area of land between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. It was here that the Sumerian discovered many new ways to advance both Mesopotamia and later empires. Mesopotamia was the birth place for writing by the use of pictographs and ideograms. Prior to writing came the Stone Age making hunting and farming easier. Mesopotamia intellectual advancement pave the way for the first polytheist religions, myths of why people are here, and poems expressing these emotions with such as the Epic of Gilgamesh. Mesopotamian civilization historical significance is based on paving the way for religious, government, writing, and poetic expression to be born.
Epic of Gilgamesh was an excellent narrative poem filled with achievements, the labors, and failures Gilgamesh king of Uruk. This poem was performed in Mesopotamia in 1790 B.C.E during a time when there was a wonder of creation of the universe and about life in general. The Epic of Gilgamesh also looked into life, life after death, and immortality. This was the most famous poems during this time...
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by those same rich senators that killed his brother. The Gracchus brother’s historical significance was
they were politicians that were for the people and after their death’s it lead to other leader’s using the
same tactic.
Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.E.) was a general born of a noble family. This ambitious leader used the
military to gain power and was victorious over Spain, Gaul and France. Once he became dictator he
immediately worked on his reform by sending thousands of lower income people to the places he
defeated due to over population. The plan helped introduce Roman culture in those countries. Julius
Caesar historical significance was his motivation as well as being part of the First Triumvirate that
worked to fix issues for both parties. Julius Caesar was considered a brilliant politician.
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Julius Caesar was born into a political family where his father expected him to take a career in the lower part of politics. When Caesar’s father dies he realizes that money runs the political machine in Rome. He then seeks to gain political power by acquiring relationships with political figures that were against the current Roman Dictator Sulla. This gets Caesar caught, eventually pardoned, and set free. He then went into exile.
...nt in their life down to their lowest point, and even their deaths. Pride and greed brought down two significant characters from literature, as well as Napoleon in early nineteenth century, showing that the fatal flaws are timeless.
A group called the Sumerians dominated majority of Mesopotamia and left their legacy on the land. They created writing, built monuments, and developed a social structure. They established how the economy and how the government works. There was independent city-state, and each state had its own king. In these times, the people were very focused on religion and so in the center of every town was a temple dedicated to the chief god/goddess of the city.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur. From the ancient Mesopotamia, the poem is set where modern day Iraq is today. Composed of five Sumerian poems about Bilgamesh, which is Sumerian for Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is two parts God and one part Man who is a hero. Gilgamesh encounters many challenges and situations during The Epic of Gilgamesh that cause him to evolve into a better king. Consequential, Gilgamesh recommences his position in Urk and evolves as an improved king.
Gaius Julius Caesar was born in Rome in July 100 BC. Rome was a Republic at this time. He was a statesman, Roman general, Consul, and notable author of Latin prose. He played a significant role in the events that led to the collapse of the Roman Republic and rise of the Roman Empire. He was a leader in a nation where the people were not involved in the government decision-making process. Thus, he had majority of the power in the Republic and was able to form a huge army. He was able to triumph, conquer new lands with the army at his grasp and command. As Caesar acquired more power over the years, som...
Gilgamesh, The Epic of. Vol. A. The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Ed. Martin Puchner, et al. 3rd ed. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2012. 95-150. Print.
Millions of years ago the procreant low lands in the river basins of Euphrates and Tigris was probably the home of some animal life, but no great civilizations. However, things change over time, and just a few thousand years ago the same fertile low lands in the river basins of Euphrates and Tigris became the home of a very rich and complex society. This first high society of man was located in what some still call "Mesopotamia". The word "Mesopotamia" is in origin a Greek name meaning "land between the rivers." The name is used for the area watered by the Euphrates and Tigris and its tributaries, roughly comprising modern Iraq and part of Syria. South of modern Bagdad, this alluvial plain was called the land of Sumer and Akkad. Sumer is the most southern part, while the land of Akkad is the area around modern Bagdad, where the Euphrates and Tigris are closest to each other. This first high, Mesopotamian society arose as a combined result of various historical, institutional, and religious factors. The reality of these factors occurring at a specific place within the fabric of space / time indeed established the basis for this first high civilization. Items like irrigation, topography, and bronze-age technical innovations played a big part along with the advent of writing and the practice of social conditioning (through the use of organized religion) in this relatively early achievement of man.
Julius Caesar was born on the 13th day of the month Quintilis (now July) in the year of 100 B.C. His full name was Gaius Julius Caesar, the same as his father's name. Gaius was his given name and Julius was his surname. Caesar was the name of one branch of the Julian family. Its original meaning was "hairy.” Caesar's family was not prominent, but they claimed to be descended from Venus as well as the kings of Alba Langa. In spite of that fiction, Caesar was well connected through his relatives and received some important government assignments during his youth. Julius Caesar was the dictator of Rome from 61-44 BC. At the time of his birth, Rome was still a republic and the empire was only beginning. Caesar made his way to be considered a head of Rome by 62 BC, but many of the senate felt him a dangerous, ambitious man. The senate did their best to keep him out of consulship. He finally became consul in 59 BC. In Caesar, they saw only the threat of a king, a word that was linked with the word “tyrant” that is cruel or unjust rule.
Gilgamesh is an epic of great love, followed by lingering grief that causes a significant change in character. It is the story of a person who is feared and honored, a person who loves and hates, a person who wins and loses and a person who lives life. Gilgamesh's journey is larger than life, yet ends so commonly with death. Through Gilgamesh, the fate of mankind is revealed, and the inevitable factor of change is expressed.
The assassination of Julius Caesar was due to his increased power and the senate’s fear of losing their political relevance.
Caesar was born into a traditional influential and respected family. It is this influence that he used to make his way to the top of the Roman leadership. His use in warfare and military conquests are legendary although he had at first concentrated in pursuing political actions. He won the first elections in his political career at the early forties. He was el...
Ambition drives Caesar to become a strong leader of Rome. Caesar works hard and consequently is given power, but in the process makes many enemies
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Ancient Mesopotamia was one of the first of the ancient civilizations. It formed in present-day northeastern Egypt, in the Fertile Crescent. The Fertile Crescent is a crescent-shaped region of good farmland created by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The first people to settle in Mesopotamia made important contributions to the world, such as wheeled vehicles, and an early form of writing called Cuneiform. Later, the Phoenicians here developed an alphabet much like the one we use today. Also, the Sumerians of this region developed algebra and geometry. Most importantly, the Sumerians made extensive irrigation systems, dikes, and canals to protect their crops from floods. The Great Hammurabi of Babylon, another empire in the Fertile Crescent, made the Code of Hammurabi. It was the first significant set of laws in history. Also, the Hittites and the Lydians settled in Mesopotamia. The Hittites developed a way to produce strong plows and weapons. The Lydians created a system of coined money. The contributions from the region of Mesopotamia in ancient times are still used today and are very useful.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest text in history. Gilgamesh is a powerful king and an awe-inspiring warrior who is 2/3 divine and 1/3 human. I think it is interesting that the epic has so many factors that I can relate to in our current time. There are a lot of lessons that can be gained from reading the epic. The text relates to me as a college student in a various ways. It has a few key experiences that reminds me of my own personal life experiences. The epic is an important text that should be read because it has life lessons for modern humans from centuries ago.