The king was considered chosen by the sun god himself to rule over the people. ... Under the guidance of the Aton, or sun-disk, Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaton and ruled with an emphasis that he was a divine king. ... They worshipped the major divinities such as the Sun-God and the Water God but also local Gods and home Gods as well. ... The divine origin of the written law is emphasized by a belief in which the king is depicted receiving the code from the sun god, Shamash, the god of justice. ... Earlier in history, man did not understand many things around him as well as he was no...

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This time in history has been called the urban revolution because of the enormous changes in how people lived and interacted with one another. ... The Sumerians used pictographs to represent and convey thoughts or ideas to one another; this process is integral to the preservation of history and to the art of communication. ... After the clay had been inscribed upon it would usually be baked in the sun or in a firing process (which was later established) and harden almost to the point of being indestructible. Thanks to the quality and durability of the clay used in Mesopotamia the origins o...

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Ancient River Valley Civilizations China, Egypt, and Mesopotamia all shared similar styles when it came to ruling their kingdom. They all had dynasties that were headed by the male of the family. Once that man's rule was over, his throne would be passed down to his sons and then their son, ...

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Sumerian written history goes back to about 2700 BCE but is vague until about 2300 BCE. ... The clay would be put into a mold and dried in the sun or a kiln. ... The tablets were then dried in the sun or in a kiln. They used writing to record history, write stories, keep track of taxes, and many other things. ...

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" ~ Leo Tolstoy When we think of history we don't often think of art. ... Art is culture, art is the essence of the people who make it and the best way to appreciate art is to look at the history of it and it's evolvement through time. ... These four Great Ages is the complete history of art from the beginning to the present day. ... The Iron Age became primarily male oriented, which in turn changed many aspects of the culture from past history. ... Many churches had high volt ceilings; attached figures that seem almost unattached as if floating alongside the edifice a...

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., when history was born, societies began to organize into centralized communities in the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia and the Nile river in Egypt. ... Houses were made of reeds plastered with an adobe mixture of clay, and straw moistened with water and then backed in the sun. ...

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The history of cuneiform bares a striking resemblance to the Egyptian hieroglyphic. ... Aton - Around 1350 B.C.E., Aton, also called Aten, was introduced by Amenhotep IV and is known as god of the sun disk. ...

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