Egypt And Mesopotamia Similarities

Mesopotamia and Egypt are both very prominent ancient world civilizations. They both have different political, social, and cultural aspects in their respective societies, but they have some similarities too. Both Egypt and Mesopotamia heavily relied on rivers for their survival, Egypt’s river being the Nile, and Mesopotamia’s being the Tigris and Euphrates. The Nile had very predictable flooding, and made it very easy for farmers to plan ahead and get great harvest. The Tigris and Euphrates, however, were very unpredictable (and sometimes even violent) and were always a threat to the Mesopotamians. In terms of political structure, both societies had a social class system, with kings on the top, then officials and merchants, and then peasants