2011. december 25., vasárnap
Civilisations- Mesopotamia [1/6]
Mesopotamia, or 'the country between two rivers', is the oldest civilisation to have flourished at the confluence of two rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates. The Mesopotamians included various peoples, the Sumerians, the Babylonians, the Akkadians, who coexisted and succeeded one another, mixing and inter-relating in a Near East with a wide range of racial facets. These different peoples, who once lived along the banks of the two rivers, have left behind an archaeological heritage of inestimable value.How did they flourish in such a hostile environment? Where did their wealth come from? And how did this perfectly structured civilisation finally fade and disappear for ever?
This popular series gives new insights into some of the most influential civilisations to shape the world as we know it. To understand where we are now, it might help to understand where we have been.
Near Eastern Roots: Wisdom Literature in the Ancient Near East
One of the most common genres of literature from the ancient Near East that employs poetry is called wisdom literature. The term includes hymns, fables, disputations and most prominently, proverbs. This shared literary experience is illustrated here with examples from the Egyptian late second millennium B.C.E. text, "The Instruction of Amenemope" and the Old Testament's Proverbs both of which are divided into 30 parts.
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