Compare the Religious Beliefs of The Egyptians and Mesopotamians
Compare the Religious Beliefs of The Egyptians and Mesopotamians
The religious beliefs of the Egyptians and Mesopotamians:
The development of two great early civilizations in the Middle East and North Africa encourages a first effort at comparison because of different geography, different degrees of exposure to outside invasion and influence, and different prior beliefs, Egypt and Mesopotamia were in contrast to one another in many ways. The differences owed something, lastly, to different beliefs, for the Mesopotamians lacked the Egyptian concern for preparations for the afterlife, which so motivated the ...