merchants‚ and at the bottom the slaves and peasants. They both had their own form of writing; Mesopotamia had cuneiform‚ and Egypt had hieroglyphics and cursive script‚ respectively. While they are similar in many different political‚ social‚ and cultural activities and ideas‚ they have enough contrast to be viewed as different societies. Politically‚ because they were geographically open to envision‚ Mesopotamia culture created compact self-governing political units- the city-states. By the third millennium
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fascinating developments‚ the most prominent being the first civilizations‚ Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. They had many similarities‚ such as characteristics of early civilizations and social structures‚ but they also had their differences. The most embossed differences included the divergent geography‚ prior belief‚ trade‚ relations with other civilizations‚ and politics. The earliest societies‚ such as Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt exhibiting indicator traits of civilization developed along the floodplains
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individually are Egypt and Mesopotamia. II. Differences * Geographical Differences 1. Egypt developed North and South hugging the banks of the Nile River Valley. * The Nile River systematically floods which flooded the surrounding banks and made the soil exceptionally rich. * Egypt bordered on the side of sea and dessert which was difficult to invade and conquer it. 2. Mesopotamia has the Tigris and Euphrates River‚ commonly referred to “Fertile Crescent.” * Mesopotamia was formed
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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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Andres Mederos AP World History The Differences between ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia There are many differences between the two civilizations like Government‚ Burials ‚ Technology‚ and language. Now these can be the same but there not because these civilizations had there own ways on how to control what they believed and how they would sustain themselves. Now the Burial techniques that the Egyptians used was very clever and like professionally done because they thought in the after life
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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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From the past to present day‚ geography has exceedingly affected human development. Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt are just two of many civilizations which confirm such a statement. Both societies developed approximately 5‚000 years ago around 3‚000 BC in the Middle East and in North Africa. Geography was a friend on the development of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Geography had a beneficial effect on Mesopotamia and the country’s development. The Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers served as a vital
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Between 3500-500 BCE‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt were both seen as major civilization. Although they are both ancient river civilizations and have many similarities‚ there are multiple differences between their religion‚ social structure‚ and political systems. Three similarities between Mesopotamia‚ and Egypt is that they were both patriarchal societies‚ both had written languages‚ and had education. They are both patriarchal societies as evidenced by Egypt having Pharaohs and Mesopotamia having Kings. They
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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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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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