Religion:
It is amazing
how religion and religious beliefs have been around for centuries. It
does not matter if it was Egypt or Asia. All of the
different parts of the first civilization
believed or worship a higher reasoning. It didn’t necessarily
need to be a specific king
or God that they had to worship. However, it was about what
was important to them and
their values.
The Egyptians
believed in the after life and that their bodies were only the beginning
for what was in store for them. According to The Ways of
the World author Strayer
(2011), “The rebirth of the sun everyday and of the river
every year seemed to assure
Egyptians that life would prevail over death. The amazing
pyramids, constructed during
Egypt’s Old Kingdom (2663-2195 B.C.E.), reflected the
firm belief that at least the
pharaohs and other high- ranking people could
successfully make the journey to the
eternal life in the Land of the West. Incantations for
the dead describes an afterlife of
abundance and tranquility that Gilgamesh could only have
envied.”(p.81)
As for China,
they believed in bronze, tigers, stone, bones, ceramic and jade for
ritual use as well as being religious. The Shang Dynasty
Bronze were based on not only
spiritual ancestry or deceased kings that were now gods
but linked to heaven. Strayer
(2011), says, “The bronze tiger, created around 1100 B.C.E.,
illustrates Chinese Skill in
working with bronze and the mythological or religious
significance of the tiger as a
messenger between heaven and the human world.”(p.67)
I personally
think that believing in something that we’re unsure of, gives us a
world of possibilities. Wishful thinking, hoping, and being
positive creates future and
history. I believe that it is because of history why I am
so religious. It truly does not matter
if there is a God or a Devil, a Heaven and Hell. What
matters most is our actions and
what we believe in that get us through our daily life.
For the Egyptians and the Chinese,
after life gave them their guidance.
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