CLA160H1 Lecture : CLAA05-Lecture 1.docx
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Ancient mythology 1: mesopotamia and egypt - claa05. This class focuses on mesopotamian and egyptian myths. Mesopotamia is located in the modern middle east (syria, iraq, and iran) It is an ancient region of southwestern asia in present-day iraq, lying between the tigris and euphrates rivers. Its alluvial plains were the site of the civilizations of akkad, sumer, babylonia, and assyria. Egypt was an ancient civilization of northeastern africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the nile river in what is now the modern country of egypt. But this is not the case since myths still exist. Perhaps you believe a deity spoke to a man through a burning bush (the story of moses in the hebrew bible). Maybe he performed a miracle to make a tiny amount of food feed a multitude (new testament). You might admit you can"t prove them to unbelievers, but the stories simply aren"t as fantastic as myth (said with tones indicating disparagement).
