Similarities Between Ancient Africa And Ancient Greece

Ancient Africa and ancient Greece hold many similarities and differences. Now of course all of these things can differ between the two civilizations. For example, religion in Africa is fairly different from religion in Greece. However, they both have a god or deity that they believe in. Despite their differences, they both have trade, religion, warfare, and a form government. Trade is one of the main concepts that civilizations are built on. A trade route can connect multiple societies together. For example, ivory was traded all over Africa. In fact, Egypt often traded its ivory to Greece for other materials. Through this, the cultures became connected because of their trading relationship. Trading in Africa differs greatly from trade in Greece

It is why many of us push through life. It is there to help us explain what science can’t always do. Religion in Greece is polytheistic. They believe in multiple gods that oversee every aspect of their daily lives from poetry, to war, to fire. This is their way of explaining nature and an attempt to feel some false control over it. While Greece has one religion all around, Africa is much more diverse. Some places like Egypt, for example, are polytheistic. They have multiple gods that reign over their lives like Greece. On the other hand, many other parts of Africa were Islamic. They believed in monotheism, in stark contrast to the Greek pagan beliefs. Yet in both cases, religion controlled their societies. Many African states followed Islamic law and it became almost a universal code for them. Similarly, Greek states wouldn’t dare oppose their gods and abided by rules that pleased the gods. These aspects of these two civilizations were only there because of their religion. They wouldn’t sacrifice their livestock and/or other things otherwise; it wouldn’t be practical. This is why religion is such a significant part of civilization, it wouldn’t be the same

Even anarchy can be considered a form of government just as much as democracy is. Greece had many forms of government from democracy, to oligarchy, to tyranny. The form of government could completely differ from one state to another. Africa was much more centralized in this aspect. While some African societies didn’t have a centralized system of power. However, even theses societies had a method of decision making, even though it was based on lineages. The eldest male of the lineage would make the decisions for that specific lineage, regardless of the amounts of other lineages in the tribe. However, these societies were few compared to the Muslim states. The Muslim states were societies were their government was based on Islamic law. While many of these societies had a king and could be considered monarchies, even the king had to abide by Islamic law in some way. This is why it wouldn’t be too farfetched to consider it a form of government. A majority of Africa had this system of government unlike Greece which could have a different type in three neighboring states. This again is because of the geography. Two neighboring states could seem like two different countries, especially if they were separated by water while in Africa they were generally