Book Of The Dead: The Differences Of Ancient Egyptian Culture

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Civilizations all over the world have come up with their own religions, beliefs, meaning of life, and generational traditions that are held in the highest regards. Many of which are diverse from each other and unique to each civilization. For example, the Egyptians and Mesopotamians have their own perspectives of how they believe life should be accomplished and carried out. In ancient Egypt there were less than two million people, whereas in Mesopotamia there were roughly sixty thousand people. The population difference could affect how each culture developed its own lifestyle. The varying and diverse cultures of the Egyptians and Mesopotamians is prominent through major differences in religious values, traditions, and beliefs.
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The book basically goes on to say that one should be kind to their neighbors, never steal, stay pure, and not sin against mankind. The Egyptians also believed in Gods, because in their "Book of the Dead" the author says, "I have not turned off cattle from the property of the gods" , which means he has not tried to move cattle away from whom they belong to. In a way the Egyptians beliefs were similar to Christian beliefs. If you compare the "Book of the Dead" and the "Ten Commandments" of the bible, you can see that they are pretty much the same.
The Egyptians praised women and made them their leaders. In the Egyptian culture women leaders were considered Pharaohs, which were comparable to kings and queens. Unlike other civilizations where women were seen as unworthy and uneducated. Egyptians also worshipped their Pharaohs after death like they were a god. For example, document 3.3 "The Afterlife of a Pharaoh explains the royal tombs Egyptians provided for their King Teti." Which explains the ritual they worshipped for the dead. If you were to visit Egypt today, you could still see the pyramids they built for their …show more content…

Egyptians worshipped their pharaohs as gods, they also buried their pharaoh "gods" in their own temples and mummified their dead bodies. As for the Mesopotamians, they made figurines to pray for them while they did other things and their seven Mesopotamian gods represented elements. Mesopotamia's geography setting also put their religion in a bind. The Mesopotamians often times had a "precarious, unpredictable, and often violent environment" , which caused them to blame their gods for causing many tragedies. Whereas the Egyptians were surrounded by "deserts, mountains, seas and cataracts" , which helped create "free

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