Comparing Ancient Mesopotamia And The Code Of Hammurabi

Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt shared many differences and similarities. The documents we read to learn about the two civilizations included excerpts from "Gilgamesh", "The Code of Hammurabi", "Book of the Dead", pyramid texts and lastly "Be a scribe.".

From these various documents you can see some very clear differences. In the "Epic of Gilgamesh" gods, mortality, and the afterlife are seen in a very pessimistic way. While in Ancient Egypt, death and the afterlife are perceived as beautiful and tranquil. It is also a dream to take part in the journey to the after life.

The next major differences of the two civilizations are their rules and laws. "The Code of Hammurabi" is very different than the laws set by the Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt. "The Code of Hammurabi", their culture, rules and social classes were a lot stricter than those of Egypt.

Lower classes in both civilizations were seen as "lower", but in Egypt there was a sense of respect for the farmers and workers because everyone knew that's where their food was coming from. Unlike Mesopotamia where the lower classes were bound to very unfair rules and were subjected to bad lives.

Both had very advanced and complex social class systems, religion, governments, languages, and militaries. They both invented amazing tools. For example, the first plow and wheel were made in Mesopotamia, and papyrus sheets were made in Egypt. They're both known for their huge buildings that are still standing thousands of years later. Even today, people wonder if aliens helped with the constructions of the Pyramids and the Ziggurats. As shared above, their class systems, religions, languages, and government were also