Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece

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“Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece” According to history there existed two of many important ancient civilizations that left a significant mark in the history of human development that even today leaves modern society in awe of its greatness. In spite of being distant civilizations, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece share similarities and difference in terms of how they practiced religion,political structure, everyday life style, and how they built the monumental architectures that continued to amaze the modern world of today. These comparison and contrast explain their difference in history and their dynasty's long term success. Through the early developmental age these two ancient civilizations contrasted in many ways perhaps due to the geographical location that helped shape their diverse cultures. Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece both believed in many gods and goddesses, known as Polytheistic religion.1 In Ancient Egypt early practices of religion began in different villages who worshiped their own gods, adapting animal like symbols such as crocodiles, scarab beetle, and bull. As time progressed Ancient Egypt believed in many gods and goddesses and the most significant ones included Amon-Ra, originally the sky god, and sun god combined. Egypt also worshipped Osiris, the god of the afterlife who judged people after death, and Isis the goddess of royal throne who was the protector of her husband Osiris. Unlike the Egyptians, Greeks worshipped all their gods and goddesses. Greeks worshipped Zues the ruler of all gods and goddess who resided and ruled on Mount Olympus. They worshipped Athena the goddess of wisdom and war, which Athens one of the central polis was named after. Unlike Egyptian deities, Greek gods and goddesses w... ... middle of paper ... ... Athena. The difference between the Pyramid and temples of Greece is that the pyramids was built for the tomb of the Pharaohs while the temples in Greece was built for the different gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece. Though different in many ways imaginable both civilizations art and history has survived and left a significant mark in the history of time. Both Ancient civilization were remarkable in their devotion to their religion, the influential contributions to neighboring regions, and the mark they left in art, architecture, and science. Although different in many aspects, the greatest similarities shared by both civilization is that they reigned and lasted longer than other civilizations. Works Cited A History of World Societies, Volume 1: To 1600 [VitalSouce bookshelf version]. Retrieved from http://online.vitalsource.com/books/9781457665363/id/L5-2-1

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