Comparing Mesopotamia And Egypt

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 from the birds that flew by. Egyptians also used their surroundings to help protect and guard them where the Mesopotamia’s had no natural foundries and had to make brick walls to keep invaders out. Another way Egypt would be where I would live is that the agriculture is better for many reasons. One of the reasons is that their irrigation canals were a lot better. The Mesopotamians’ canals
First, the Mesopotamia lacked forests, had little stone, and lacked minerals where the Egyptians had lots of what they needed. They had all their farming, they mined and quarried metals and minerals, like gold, iron, and stone, they fished and hunted, and had great transportation or trade with both sides of the river. They also then used their resources to help them build houses. As you can guess the Egyptians had sturdier homes that used bricks from mud and straw, narrow windows up high, so the sun didn’t come in and white walls to keep the room cooler. They also had a stick and palm branches for roofs. The more money you had the better your house was like some houses even had pools. The Mesopotamians had reed and mud homes with reed pillars bent over and plastered with mud or bricks from mud and straw, but both types crumbled easily in bad weather and then had to be repaired again. I feel that all of these facts point that you should live in Egypt over