"Take counsel with the ignorant, as well as the wise- (A Father's Advice, SPV 31) advises that wisdom may be found from the lips of all people; not only from the scholars or artisans, but from the slaves and common folk as well. The Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians had different theories as to how they came about and why they were created. Both civilizations believed that the gods created them. The Mesopotamians believed that the mightier gods forced the lesser gods into slavery, and that the Mesopotamian people were created to take over for those lesser gods when they revolted. "When the gods, like man, bore the work, carried the labor-basket "the labor-basket of the great gods "the work was heavy, much was the distress."" (A Creation Myth: "Let Man Carry the Labor-Basket of the Gods, SPV 13) is saying that the lesser gods had to do the hard labor before man was created. "While Nintu is present, let the birth-goddess create the offspring, let man bear the labor-basket of the gods- was what Enlil said after he agreed to create humans to do the physical labor. "I have removed your heavy labor, have placed your labor-basket on man,"" is what he said to the gods after humans were created. (A Creation Myth: "Let Man Carry the Labor-Basket of the Gods, SPV 13). The Egyptian creation theory is different from that of the Mesopotamians. The Egyptians thought that Khepri created all the humans and created the other gods as well. It was believed the Kherpi created the lesser gods from his spit and humans from his semen. "I planned in my own heart, and there came into being a multitude of forms of beings, the forms of children and the forms of their children. I was the one who copulated with my fist, I masturbated with my hand. Then I spewed with my own mouth: I spat out what was Shu, and I sputtered out what was Tefnut."" (The Book of Knowing the Creations, HD #5). The Code of Hammurabi is the Mesopotamian written code of law.
Not many other civilizations came in contact with the Egyptian people. ... Not only did he govern Egypt, but he was an immortal (or a god). ... Otherwise the gods would "cease to smile upon Egypt". ... Trade and commerce were of little importance to Egyptians. ... Mesopotamian views can still be found today and Egyptian views disappeared along with their "superiority" in Egypt....
