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Environmental history ii to the rise of cities. Sumeria and egypt which were the cities of middle east that flourished on surpluses had a constant tension between them and resorted to the idea of the king of gods. The different views on god : polytheistic (paganism) being someone who sees many gods and this can be found in many cultures, monotheistic being someone who believes in one god was seen to be developed in the west. Monotheistic religions are simple and converge into one source one power, one god. Western tradition has a hierarchy of gods polytheistic view on god. This was carried out initially by the nomadic, tribal people. Hebrews eventually settle in the land of israel and attacked the gods of already existing local people, canaanites. In the medterranean, the important trading empires were the crete and cyprus which mingled the gods of egypt and sumeria with other gods and practices.

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