1. Jakya Bridges<br />Period 5th/ Honors World Lit<br />Time Traveler Compare and Contrast Essay<br />Ancient Egypt Vs. Ancient Greece<br />Due: March 10<br />Fraternal Civilizations<br />A shimmering reflection mirrored the fraternal societies, revealing only the differences. However, beneath the external appearance lies the truth. Capturing the true identity requires one to analyze physical, spiritual, and emotional features. Like a twin, ancient civilizations exhibit a body and soul, however, in various ways they contrast. Ancient Egypt and Greece display similar characteristics in the ways in which they practiced religion, advanced and developed technology, and the transported goods, both import and export.<br /> Ancient Egypt as well as Ancient Greece had a polytheistic religion, the belief in multiple deities. Ancient Egypt religious practices began as each village worshiping their own gods, each God adapting an animal symbol, such as the bull, the crocodile, and the scarab beetle. Soon, numerous Gods were worshiped throughout Egypt, including Amon-Re, the ultimate creator, Iris, the goddess of the royal throne, and Osiris, the judge of people after death. Unlike Ancient Egypt, Greeks celebrated all of their gods and goddesses; they even dedicated the Olympic Games to Zeus, the supreme ruler of Mount Olympus. Greeks worshiped Hera, the wife of Zeus, Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, and many other gods and goddesses. Both Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece believed in the afterlife, life after death. In contrast to ancient Greeks, ancient Egyptians developed a process in which they preserved and prepared the human corpse for the afterlife. This process is known as mummification.<br /> In other words, technology has greatly impacted the civilizations of the ancient world. Ancient Egyptians were very prosperous in terms of technological advancements. Egyptians fabricated pyramids, practiced mummification, and used the initial forms of hieroglyphics. Several intellectual individuals also developed antibiotics, established canals by means of irrigation, constructed ships, and created black ink. Also, the Egyptians developed a calendar based on moon movements, as well as two different clocks- a water clock and a sundial. Ancient Greeks made little advances in technology, allowing manual labor to flourish. Eventually, a few advances began to arise in Greece, such as roads and tools. Greeks were also famous for their temple designs. The main structural systems of the Greek temples are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian Order, which is similar to the Ionic Order.<br /> Greece and Egypt were equally agriculturally-based, though Greece engaged in far more foreign trade than Egypt. Egyptians primarily traded with their neighbors. Egyptian merchants traveled along the Nile River in seagoing ships and exchanged surplus goods with Western Asia and Africa. Ancient Greece, however, interacted with far lands to acquire new ideas and new technology. The Ancient Greeks were constantly seeking opportunities for trade and even went so far as to establish trading stations at which Greek goods, pottery, bronze, silver, olive oil, wine, and textiles, were exchanged.<br /> The reflected images of Egypt and Greece may appear different, although the two ancient societies exhibit numerous similar characteristics. Religion practiced in Ancient Egypt was similar to religion practiced in Ancient Greece. Both civilizations made advancements in technology, whether it was major or minor. Lastly, each society used effective ways to transport goods. Both fraternal societies and fraternal siblings breathed, reproduced, and prospered. Ancient civilizations live and perish, leaving behind only memories of what once existed behind.<br />References:<br /> White, Kate. quot;
A Brief Peek At Ancient Greece and Egypt.quot;
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Technology of Ancient Egypt .quot;
Ancient Egypt's Deepest Secrets Revealed (2000): n. pag. Web. 9 Mar 2011. <http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/technology.htm>.<br /> Tzelepis, Spiros. quot;
Ancient Greek Technology.quot;
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Ancient Greek Colonization and Trade and Their Influence on Greek Art.quot;
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