History of Western Civilisation - Wednesday 5th Period: Discussion 2: Egypt and Crete

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Greetings and Salutations, class. Now that your hands are throughly exhausted from taking notes on yesterday's lecture, I'm going to make you talk until your jaw is tired as well.

For your homework, due next Tuesday but turned in to this thread, I'd like you to comment in at least 100 words on some aspect of Egyptian or Cretan civilisation. Bonus points for comparing something between the two.

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Re: DISCUSSION 3: Egypt versus Crete

[harried-potter.livejournal.com]

"One of the most obvious things that both Egypt and Crete (or the ancient Greeks in general) have in common is that they all have multiple gods. Except for the period which was reigned by Achnaton, who introduced the monotheistic religion in which the sun was worshipped, they all have several gods with specific functions. The gods of the Egypts had mostly animal heads, while the gods of the Greek were famous for their metamorphoses (as described by Ovid in his 'metamorphoses'), so in that way you can say they're obviously related, i guess" Harry says, showing off he's done some reading in his free time.

Re: DISCUSSION 3: Egypt versus Crete

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

"Very good, Mr. Potter. Many -- if not most -- regions were polytheistic at this time. Asigning certain funtions to certain gods could be a way of focusing your prayers on a specific topic, or a way of feeling that a particular god took a particular interest in you."