Egypt And Mesopotamia Comparison

Rough draft: Two of the first civilizations were Mesopotamia and Egypt the both faced a similar problem the flooding of the rivers. In Egypt they used the flooding to help grow there crops. In Mesopotamia they completely blocked there flooding and had no way of telling when it would. Overall I think Egypt dealt with the rivers best. Mesopotamia was one of the first known civilizations. The word Mesopotamia comes from Greek meaning between two rivers. However every once in a while the two rivers the Tigris and the Euphrates flooded which caused problems. To prevent this Mesopotamia built dams so the rivers would not flood and wreak havoc upon the land, because of the dams they had to transport the water over to the crops. Egypt