time. Two of the most advanced were Egypt and Mesopotamia. Although both had a male dominant government that was supported by a patriarchal king or leader‚ Egypt had a strong‚ centralized government whereas Mesopotamia was decentralized and was based upon small city-states operating independently. To add‚ Egypt was also classified as self sufficient rather than Mesopotamia who relied on trade because of unstable agriculture. Due to Egypt surpassing Mesopotamia in areas such as governmental structure
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Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia have many similarities‚ but also many differences. They had similarities in social values‚ religious views and economic surplus‚ and differences in social values‚ political values‚ writing‚ religious views and economic surplus; they had more differences than similarities. In ancient times‚ they did not have money; but in order for society to function‚ they would have had to have something to barter with. Both societies treasured land‚ livestock and droops. Both societies
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differed greatly in their conceptions of the good life for their citizens. Athens was the center of Greek educational‚ artistic‚ and scientific activity‚ and was the birthplace of democracy. Sparta was a militaristic‚ authoritarian society that held the arts and intellectual life in contempt and dreaded the extension of freedom to the individual or community. Greeks admired the Spartan way of life. Greek city states came off as “Democratic” and rule by the people‚ but in reality it was not a real democracy
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Mesopotamia vs. Egypt A civilization is a society in advanced state of social development. Mesopotamia and Egypt are some of the oldest civilizations on history. One of the most important steps taken for a civilization to occur was the agricultural revolution. This was when man stopped being nomadic and begun to settle down permanently or for long periods of time in one specific area and began living off the lands and raising animals‚ this as we know is known as the agricultural revolution. Other
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ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia lived in two different locations and interacted with two different environments. Both places were affected by water in different ways. Euphrates and Tigress rivers shaped the development of Mesopotamia whereas‚ the Nile‚ shaped the development of Egypt. At the end‚ the people of these lands were able to use this water to their benefit. Mesopotamia is the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigress. In the time when the first people arrived at Mesopotamia‚ it had a
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The ancient civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia had some similarities as well as diffrencecs. Mesopotamia ran from the 3500-529 B.C.E which included the Sumerian period‚ Akkadian period‚ Babylonian period‚ Kassite period‚ and Assyrian period. Ancient Egypt lasted from 3200-663 B.C.E through the Old Kingdom‚ Middle Kingdom‚ New Kingdom‚ and Late Period (Cunningham‚ Reich). Both of these civilization’s geographical conditions played a major role in their ascension‚ and decline. They both had great
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Comparing Egypt and Mesopotamia Dating back to 3‚500 B.C. these two ancient cultures had many similarities and differences. These two ancient civilizations portrayed many similarities and differences in their cultures. The two similarities between Egyptian and Mesopotamian culture are religion and the practice in polytheism‚ and agriculture and the how Egypt and Mesopotamia relied greatly on rivers for their irrigation. The one major difference between Egyptian and Mesopotamian society is social
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Early civilizations such as Mesopotamia and Egypt had a lot of similarities as well as differences. Though there are many different ways to compare and contrast within Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ some of the key points that will be compared and contrasted are geographical features‚ religious believes‚ political structures and social characteristics. Many of the similarities that have taken place between Mesopotamia and Egypt in the early civilizations is geographically they were both in the valley so
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Although both Egypt and Mesopotamia had 3 social classes‚ same gender roles‚ and an economy was based on agriculture‚ they differ in many ways such as the political structure‚ where Egypt was ruled by pharaohs‚ and Mesopotamia was ruled by an emperor. In this essay‚ I will start with the similarities between the two civilizations‚ and then state the differences between the two civilizations. I will be focusing mainly on the economy‚ social structure‚ and gender roles for similarity‚ and religion
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Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt: The First Western Civilizations Deborah Smiroldo What aspects of life in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt made them the first western civilizations? To what extent does civilization depend on urban life? What are the general characteristics of urban life? These are the questions that are being asked. First‚ I believe‚ one must understand what the primary reasons for the development might be. Most historians seem to believe the primary reasons were food- a more stable
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