Compare and Contrast Mesopotamian Civilizations
1. Use this graphic organizer to summarize the similarities and differences between the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations of Sumeria and Babylonia.

2. Be sure to consider similarities and differences in the following areas: religion, advances in government, social differences, and technological innovations.

3. Briefly identify the most important similarity and provide evidence for its importance.

4. Briefly identify the most important difference and provide evidence for its importance.

Sumer
Both Sumer and Babylon
Babylon
Religion:
Religion:
Religion:

Advances in government:
Advances in government:
Advances in government:

Social life:
Social life:
Social life:

Technological innovations:
Technological innovations:
Technological innovations:

As you answer these questions, remember that you can't just mention a fact — you have to tell the reader why this fact supports your claim.

Most important similarity:

Most important difference:

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the conditions that made the byzantine empire vulnerable to attacks by the muslin turks were the sack of constantinople by western crusaders, the conquests of the sultanate of rum, presence of rival kingdoms and finally the set up of fiefdoms at the empire which were owned by the ghazis (turkish warriors).

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basic forms of government

power structure

separation

associated state dominion chiefdom

federalism

federation confederation devolution

integration

empire hegemony unitary state

administrative division

power source

democracy

power of many

direct representative liberal social demarchy others

oligarchy

power of few

anocracy aristocracy plutocracy kakistocracy kraterocracy stratocracy timocracy meritocracy technocracy geniocracy noocracy kritarchy particracy ergatocracy netocracy

autocracy

power of one

despotism dictatorship military dictatorship

others

anarchy theocracy

power ideology

monarchy vs. republic

socio-political ideologies

absolute legalist

constitutional

parliamentary directorial semi-presidential presidential

authoritarian vs. libertarian

socio-economic ideologies

tribalism despotism feudalism colonialism distributism anarchism socialism communism totalitarianism

global vs. local

geo-cultural ideologies

commune city-state national government intergovernmental organisation world government

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an empire is a sovereign state functioning as an aggregate of nations or people that are ruled over by an emperor or another kind of monarch. the territory and population of an empire is commonly of greater extent than the one of a kingdom.[1]

an empire can be made solely of contiguous territories, such as the austro-hungarian empire or the russian empire, or of territories far remote from the homeland, such as a colonial empire. aside from the more formal usage, the word empire can also refer colloquially to a large-scale business enterprise (e.g. a transnational corporation), a political organisation controlled by a single individual (a political boss), or a group (political bosses).[2] the word empire is associated with such other words as imperialism, colonialism, and globalization. empire is often used to describe a displeasure to overpowering situations.[3]