Egypt developed around the Nile River‚ while Mesopotamia developed between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Egypt and Mesopotamia grew into complex civilizations. Politically‚ both Egypt and Mesopotamia had a government with one main ruler‚ but Egypt had a centralized government with a pharaoh‚ while Mesopotamia had a decentralized government with a king. Socially‚ both civilizations were patriarchal‚ but Egypt was more lenient towards women while Mesopotamia was stricter. The political and social
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Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia both developed in river valleys. These first civilizations in the Middle East‚ Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates and Egypt by the Nile River. They are early civilizations that relied heavily on geographies and their surrounding environment. Mesopotamia featured distinctive cultures and was also the home of the worlds first set of laws. The Egyptian civilization formed near the Nile River and in the Sahara desert‚ so a strong
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Kyle Fuller Arakawa World Civilization 110-29 21 September 2006 Compare and Contrast: Mesopotamia and Egypt In the time of the agricultural age‚ two civilizations arose out of the plenteous food and raging waters. These two early civilizations were Mesopotamia and Egypt. Although many similarities can be drawn between the two‚ they each proved to be very different from each other in social‚ political‚ and religious systems as well as their stability and defeat. One factor they did have in
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River civilization is nearly common‚ this is not just restricted to the Nile River in Egypt or the Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia. The way both lived and the way culture was shaped in their civilization were utterly distinct. Egypt is found in the Nile Valley‚ in the Northeastern part of Africa and Mesopotamia was a primitive territory in the Eastern Mediterranean joint in the Northeast through the Zagros Mountains and in the Southeast through the Arabian Plateau‚ equivalents to today’s mainly
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modern civilizations we all live in came to be as they are today‚ countless others have risen and fallen before our time. No two civilizations are exactly the same‚ but they all do what is necessary to survive and thrive. Many find survival through military power while others find it through trade or an agriculturally based economy. It has been like this since the birth of civilization. Two of the civilizations that marked the birth of all others that rose after them‚ were Mesopotamia and Egypt
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Mesopotamia and Egypt At the time of the rise of the first civilizations‚ both Mesopotamia and Egypt were dominant civilizations. One could argue that the first civilizations had various similarities‚ but they also had many differences‚ that of which made them early civilizations. Both Mesopotamia and Egypt grew up in river valleys. Surrounding Mesopotamia were the Tigris and Euphrates rivers‚ and Egypt’s river source was the Nile. These civilizations depended on these rivers to have productive
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Mesopotamia civilizations had three definitive cultures which influenced much of the laws and economic views of today. The first culture was called the Sumerian culture which was during the time period between 3000 B.C.E. to 2350 B.C.E. and was known to be the most influential of the three cultures. The Sumerian ruler‚ King Gilgamesh‚ was known for the first narrative writing. Gilgamesh used a wedge shaped form of writing called cuneiform to make words on clay tablets. Once writing was established
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Lopez‚ Jaymie A. D2B World History and Civilization 1 August 4‚ 2014 MY REFLECTION I choose Social Science as my major because I wanted to know a lot more about the field of economics and our history not only our history but the history of the whole world which made me get the WHISCVI1 subject‚ In this subject the use of technology was demanded. There were multiple assignments‚ quizzes‚ and reports. Using powerpoint presentation as our visual aids in sharing our knowledge is very important. Incorporating
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The ancient river-valley civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt share many similarities in their social‚ political‚ economic‚ intellectual‚ and cultural aspects‚ however‚ at the same time; both are very separate from one another. Mesopotamia developed first as a civilization without influence‚ while Egypt built off of the latter to create their own society‚ hence the shared traits of their educational system‚ government‚ religion‚ and social structure. But‚ the variable of location also takes place;
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History AP-3 21 September 2011 Mesopotamia and Egypt Comparative Essay While both the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations share similar political‚ social and economic qualities‚ the details of these broad spectrums branch off in opposite directions. For example‚ both Mesopotamia and Egypt were ruled by kings‚ but in Egypt‚ their kings were called pharaohs and they had significantly more power than the Mesopotamian kings of the city-states. Both civilizations also had social classes in which
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