Mesopotamia Physical Geography

Similarities and Difference of the Role of Physical Geography in the Shaping of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia During the Bronze Age physical geography played many roles in the shaping of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia had many differences but also had their similarities. Their water sources, resources, protection, and the society all affected how these civilizations lived. Physical geography played an important role in the shaping of the civilizations of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Where the role of rivers was similar and led to similar ways of transportation and they also had similar materials for building. The isolation of Egypt by the desert and the close proximity of Mesopotamia to other populations created great differences in the level of effort each civilization had to spend on its own protection. Water was the main
According to Kagan, thanks to the climate and geography, ancient Egypt was more isolated and enjoyed far more security than Mesopotamia. Since ancient Egypt was tightly arranged around the banks of the Nile River surrounded by harsh desert they did not have to worry as much about being attacked in the Old Kingdom. During the middle kingdom, there was an external evasion where the Hyksos showed up with bronze weapons and then in the New Kingdom the Pharaoh was now seen as the warrior figure. On the other hand, since Mesopotamia was located in a good location where they had plenty sources of food, ect. and had plenty of surrounding civilizations they had to worry about being raided. For protection, Sumerians built walls in small areas and separate walls in small city-states for example in 2,700 B.C. in Uruk they made walls 18 feet thick and a 6-mile circumference which equaled up to the area of 1.4 sq. miles or 900 acres, for a population of 50,000 to 80,000 people in and around the