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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tremendous amount of civilization eruptions‚ eruptions as in complex creations of diversity. Mesopotamia and Egypt may very well be considered some of the world’s most profound ancient civilizations dating all the way back to the beginning of time. In other words‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt both had a severe impact in the expansion of agriculture‚ development of advanced technology‚ as well as the social hierarchy system; all which are still present today. Agriculture began in Mesopotamia where the environmental
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Despite the fact that both Mesopotamia and Egypt were first developing around the same time‚ natural forces and the environment caused variations in many cultural developments such as political systems‚ religious views‚ and much more. Their biggest differences were dependent on the river-valleys they lived in and how that affected the way they managed agriculture‚ as well as their view of their gods. One similarity that Mesopotamia and Egypt did have was that both civilizations developed a system of writing
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Responsible for the Demise of the Indus Valley Civilization? YES Historian Stanley Wolpert (from A New History of India‚ 6th ed) states that the Aryan invasion of the Indus Valley did occur and that it played a role in the demise of the Indus Valley civilization. All excavations do prove that the decline of the Indus valley civilization occurred suddenly between 1800 BC and 1700 BC. It has been suggested that perhaps the people of the Indus Valley Civilization were destroyed by invading barbaric
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Lindsay Evans AP World Euro Fourth Block Friday August 27‚ 2010 Egypt and Mesopotamia Compare Contrast Essay Ancient Mesopotamia went through many different empires that shared similar parts cultural traits‚ where as Egypt went through several different rulers‚ but only a few dynasties. Mesopotamia lied in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers‚ and its main empires existed from 1650 BCE to around 330 BCE. The ancient Egyptian empires went through four main phases: The Archaic Period (3100-2600
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man or woman was capable of governing wisely and efficiently. I feel it also declined because it wasn’t a true democracy‚ you were basically being forced to agree with the ideas of others or be forced to live basically without a cause. 3.The Civilization of Rome began in Italy. Rome grew from a small city into an economic and military power. In 509 B.C. the romans overthrew Etruscan rule and established a republic. Rome was a republic for almost 500 years. After many years of war and following
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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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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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In the life of Egypt and Mesopotamia there were similarities and differences. There are comparisons in culture‚ social class‚ and gender. Also parallelism in their religions existed however‚ the differences found‚ clearly define them as individual entities. In Egypt the social class was not so different than Mesopotamia’s. Egypt had social classes that were hierarchy. At the top of their social class it was the pharaohs and priests. Next came the artists‚ merchants‚ lesser priests‚ farmers‚ and
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Although there are many similarities between Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ the differences that existed are significant enough that I would rather live in Egypt. Both civilizations rely on a river or rivers. Mesopotamia is between the Tigris and Euphrates. Egypt was built along the northern delta of the Nile River. In Mesopotamia‚ though the rivers could drought or flood depending on snowfall and rain‚ well in Egypt the Nile flooding came at the same time each year and was even predicted when it was coming
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