From the evidence dating from around 3000 B.C.E. we have learned that Sumerians practiced mathematics, astronomy, mythology, and medicine. ... Traces of this code can be seen in Egyptian laws and later in Greek laws. ... Greek civilization also adopted a similar state-structure like the Sumerian's. ... Greeks seemed to have adopted a similar, but more democratic council system. During the age of Homer, Greek Kings were limited in power. ...

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1. 60 million years ago, the age of giant reptiles came to an end. Dinosaurs ruled the earth, while mammals were not able to evolve because they could never challenge the dinosaurs. Then, a comet hit the earth and the dinosaurs disappeared. Mammals, including primates, were then able to evolve. Over 5 million years ago, primates walked on all fours. ...

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1. PREHISTROIC/EGYPT/MESOPOTAMIA Early on, when man had but a basic understanding of himself, it is theorized that he (they) had a basic religious belief. The belief was in Animism and The Locus Mundi. Animism is the term given to the belief that everything has its own spirit, or energy. Not j...

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Egyptian science focused on mathematics and astronomy, but its achievements were far less advanced than those of Mesopotamia. ... Elements of Egyptian medical knowledge were gained by the Greeks, and so passed into later Middle Eastern and European civilizations. ...

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