Civilisations

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the Eighteenth dynasty, the worship of many gods. Another unique characteristic of the Egyptians was their form of writing, hieroglyphics. This was a complicated system of pictographs with sound symbols.
There is really one significant difference to be noted about the Hebrew Civilization. This big difference was that in a time when all surrounding civilizations believed in many gods, the Hebrews believed in one God. The God was unique also in that he controlled nature. Their God was called Yahweh. The significance of this difference was that although a radical idea in it's early day, this monotheism came to predominate later on.
The Greek Civilization, unlike the Egyptian grew out of a need for protection and peace from the many invading groups. The Greeks developed the polis and also the idea of the city/state. This idea was not theirs originally but it can be said that they worked and developed this idea of government quite extensively. Another difference in the Greek ...

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