Compare And Contrast Egyptian And Chinese Civilizations

    Earlier this week we focused on ancient eastern China during the Han Dynasty and the east asian philosophies that arose during this time period. We reviewed three great asian philosophers, Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Buddha. In class we also picked from a list of quotes from these three philosophers a quote they said that really resonated with us and wrote a descriptive essay on it and shared it in class for extra credit.

Every culture has a unique ideas of the afterlife. This paper will compare how two ancient societies viewed the afterlife. The ancient societies to be discussed are the Egyptians and the Chinese. This paper will compare and contrast the two views in a limited way. It will consider what this suggests about the two cultures. Lastly, it will consider which is closer to modern American beliefs.

This can be seen when looking at the geography of where these civilizations originated. Just like the other three societies, Chinese civilization grew among the Huang He River, or the Yellow River. The river supplied water for the Chinese to be able to practice agriculture. The river also gave them a mode of transportation to move goods from place to place, just like the Harappans. Another characteristic of the Chinese that is similar to the Harappans was the fact that we do not know much about them because they did not leave any records behind. Life along the Yellow River was also similar to life along the Nile. The people of both civilizations built ditches and canals in the rivers in order to use them for transportation and irrigation. They both used water to feed their people, and cattle as they raised them along the river, and to use for their crops, as both rivers were fertile. Unlike the Nile, the Yellow River brought both positive and negative consequences. The Yellow River was also given another name by its people, the River of Sorrows. This was because the Yellow River did not flood regularly like the Nile, it was irregular. Some years the Yellow River would not flood at all, and in other cases it would flood and bring devastation to its people. The Egyptians luckily did not experience this with the Nile River, instead they celebrated it and called it their giver of

Our big question was how did Egyptian artwork compare with China’s artwork. When we did this project I learned about Egyptian artwork and Chinese artwork, more deeply than before. Comparing them taught me that the Egyptians drew many pictures of the afterlife ( which they believed in very deeply), high officials in the afterlife and the gods. Like Horus and Isis, which was included in the Egyptian mural that I drew with Bushra. When it came to the Chinese mural I learned that China's artwork was more realistic more than Egyptian artwork when compared. They drew mostly the daily life of different social classes, like farmers, kings, merchants and other people. In our mural we drew the farmers of China harvesting crops for food and for

Ancient China and ancient India are both important and interesting ancient civilizations. They are alike and unlike in many ways. Some significant ways in which ancient India and China are similar and different are religion, art, economics, politics, and social structure.

Today’s society emerged from the civilizations of many thousands of years ago. Most of the practices devised centuries ago are still in use today. China, for instance, is of the oldest civilization in the world; Emperors ruled the dynasties. Similarly, Egypt was ruled by the Pharaoh. During the ancient time, China and Egypt had almost similar technological advancements. Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Chinese technological advancements lasted thousands of years since its inventions and are still used even today. Since China and Egypt were both isolated, they developed a strong focus on technology as well as strong religious beliefs and advancements in agriculture that led them to achieve a high degree of success.

When studied, early complex civilizations naturally settled in groups and developed social hierarchies. Whatever the emerging culture, there must of course be a leader. Whether it is a warrior protecting the group from warring neighbors, forcing his way to the head of the pack, or a wise and eloquent father figure, gently guiding and imparting knowledge to his subjects, in order for a society to function there must be a leader for the people to follow. Jared Diamond claimed that the emergence of social elites and eventually kings were dependent on the establishment or sedentary cultures, according to him, “only in farming populations could a healthy, non-producing elite set itself above the disease-ridden masses?”. (Diamond, 1987)

One of the biggest reasons why these two civilizations had these differences is due to their geography. The Egyptians had easy access to large stones that they could bring in to their country and use them to erect such monumental

Have you ever pondered the thought that early civilization was very similar to today's civilization? Both civilizations could read, but only if you had the proper education. Being able to read put you at a much higher advantage and class than people who were illiterate. By separating the literate from the illiterate you created a class system, which eventually formed into a “State,” or what we now know it as, a government. Both kings and presidents rule the state and are at the top of the class systems. In the earliest civilization usually your king would be literate and would be able to count. The earliest civilizations and today’s civilizations are similar because we can both read and count, we each have a class system, and we both have a state.

A civilization refers to “a particular and distinctive type of human society” (Strayer, pg. 90). Civilizations aren’t always different from one another nor are they the exact same. Each civilization has some form of a unique characteristic that differentiates itself from the rest. For example, the Ancient Egyptians and the Hindus from Ancient India. They both have a permanent arrangement of societal roles, yet they aren’t constructed or operated in the same manner. These two locations are the main topics of this discussion/comparison.

This is because of Egypt’s much more advanced social system and stable government while China had unfair treatment of women and a messy dynastic system that favored the king being overthrown. By using these systems, Ancient Egypt was able to create a more successful civilization than that of Ancient

The civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and China were all different but were also developed similar ways of doing things. The political, economic and intellectual outlooks of these ancient peoples say a lot about their ways of life. The religious views of Egypt and Mesopotamia were rather different.

It seems that the Egyptian culture focused more on intellectual contributions, while China focused more on farming and weapon contributions.

Known as one of the earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia and Egypt both share set amounts of similarities along with a share of striking distinctions. Environmentally, these two civilizations were formed in similar surroundings, yet their weather patterns show distinctions. Politically, both governments derived from a monarch, yet their laws and punishments distinguished the two’s court systems. Economically, they both shared prosperous success in similar manners. Socially, although the two lands followed a hierarchy, the value of women contrasted. Culturally, they both believed in a higher order of creation; however, their views of them were polar opposites. Intellectually, these two societies developed skilled abilities and creations that

Most people believe that all ancient civilizations were the same: they all lived with a steadfast loyalty to their one and only king that ruled all of the lands, civilizations only achievements were monumental buildings, and they vacuously attacked neighboring societies to gain more land for millennia. While some of this knowledge is true to an extent, civilizations accomplished an abundance more than some realize. Some fail to register that early civilizations are unique from each other. Egypt and Mesopotamia were two distinct civilizations. Despite similarities such as both being river civilizations, Egypt and Mesopotamia contrasted with each other in the areas of, type of ruling, religion, and