Before the beginning of history, people from across the land gradually developed numerous cultures, each unique in some ways while the same time having features in common. Mesopotamia and Egypt are important to the history of the world because of religious, social, political and economic development. Mesopotamia was he first civilization, which was around 3000 bc., and all other countries evoloved from it. The period of Egypt was around 3100 bc. Mesopotamia emerged from the Tigris and …
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…of the major peoples had their own gods and their own beliefs which embodied the major values in their world. Among the principal gods of Egypt was Re (the god of sun), Osiris (the god of the dead), Amen (king of gods), Khons (god of the moon). In Mesopotamia there was Anu (father of the god), Shamash (god of law), Ishtar (god of love and war), Enlil (god of wind), and many more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**