Jenny Di Bowler 5th Period AP World History Comparative Essay 07 September 2010 The geography of Egypt and Mesopotamia helped shaped their economies‚ social structures‚ and religions. In these two societies‚ the rivers they depended upon played central roles in all parts of society. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers surrounding Mesopotamia and the Nile River‚ in the middle of the desert‚ produced two polytheistic‚ ancient civilizations. Although Egypt and Mesopotamia both have similar economies
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Andrew Schoonover Mrs. Temple AP World History 19 September‚ 2014 Egypt and Mesopotamia: Comparing and Contrasting (Final Draft) Around 6‚000 years ago‚ the ingredients necessary for civilization began to form independently from one another in several different places around the Earth. Two of the most famous and foremost of the early civilizations were Egypt and Mesopotamia. Egypt and Mesopotamia were fundamentally different in their religious beliefs and slightly different in their formation of city states versus unified states
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AP World History Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt both shared many distinct qualities amongst their civilizations. For example‚ their polytheistic beliefs as well as a similar social structure. These two civilizations differed in numerous modes‚ including political authority and geography. Mesopotamian civilizations settled along the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers. Egyptians settled along the Nile River. Both of these civilizations used their rivers as a natural resource to survive. Agriculture was
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Ryan Bowman 8/19/2012 AP World History 3rd Similarities/Differences of Mesopotamia and Egypt Mesopotamia and Egypt have many similarities and differences in many aspects. Though regionally close‚ Egypt and Mesopotamia had many differences‚ such as social structure and government structure. While both civilizations differed as in social structure of their society and government structure; they also had similar aspects as in cultural development. Comparing the two‚ they both had close advances
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Egypt and mesopotamia are two of the world’s oldest civilizations in history. These two civilizations both relied heavily on their geography to help them create and maintain their rule. Egyptian and Mesopotamian societies existed on the banks of major rivers. Egypt is located in northern africa along the nile river. Mesopotamia‚ meaning in greek‚ between two rivers‚ resides on what was once known as the fertile crescent on the Tigris and the euphrates rivers located in the Middle east. These rivers
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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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Egypt and Mesopotamia Essay Jeff Garcia History 1 09/26/14 Civilization is an advanced state of human society‚ in which a high level of culture‚ science‚ industry‚ and government has been reached by definition. Egypt and Mesopotamia are two primary models of complex and unique societies that established to be both prosperous and effective. The two greatest significant civilizations of the world developed in the same region of Middle East and North Africa‚ closely linked and influenced
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is not a criterion that is certainly agreed upon. According to this definition of a civilization‚ I conclude that both the ancient societies of Mesopotamia and Athens can both be considered civilizations. Mesopotamia is often referred to as the first civilization in history. Named after it’s geographical location‚ “land between two rivers‚” Mesopotamia was settled between the
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The early civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt were very similar‚ but they were also different in some ways. Both Mesopotamia and Egypt developed their civilizations centered on rivers‚ but these rivers were polar opposites. Mesopotamia was between two rivers called the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Egypt’s civilization developed around the Nile River. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers differed from the Nile River. The Nile River was calm‚ and the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were wild and very unpredictable
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Egypt and Mesopotamia have both similarities and differences; one aspect that was very different between Egypt and Mesopotamia was the government. In Egypt‚ they had just one leader‚ the pharaoh. Egypt would have needed this strong central government for projects such as organizing and overseeing of the pyramid buildings. The early Mesopotamians used a city-state type government. Each area was controlled by its own political and economic center. Each area was a separate political unit. The social
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