The Worldviews of Mesopotamia, Hebrew, and Ancient Greek
             Each civilatization in the world has a worldview. A worldview is the essence of the way these different peoples perceive life and how they develope according to these abstract rules they place upon themselves. Each nation, culture and race has a different way they view the world, God, reality and life in general. The three civilization worldviews that I'll be approaching in this essay are the Mesopotamian, Hebrew, and Greek worldviews.
             For the Mesopotamians, religion was the very foundation of life. Religion was known as a frame of reference for comprehending society, nature, and one another. Each action was centered on making the gods happy... And there were many gods for them to please. The arcutectually incredible ziggerats were built as temples to honor the gods, and give them homes. They sacrificed their own food and clothing, amking sure that their gods' whims were dealt with to the best of their abilities.
             These random gods, who were present in nature, came to life through the historical myths of the Mesopotamians. Gods were omnipresent, controlled the universe and manipulated humans for their own selfish benifit. Ancient people of Sumeria lived to fulfill the will of the gods. Priests seeked for the will of the gods in stars, dreams, and animal livers.
             Though this first civilization was seemingly chained to the deities, they were the first people to have cities and nonagricultural jobs. As they built the cities, priests became the most powerful people of the land, since they could control and determine the will of the gods. Though kings did arise, the loyalty of the poeple rested with the priests.
             Many other developements started to be birthed in the Sumerian era. History began to be important to the Mesopotamians. They began to make records of knowledge, through cuneiform, that they could pass along to future gererations. Law was also obeyed and revered, ...