Corey Cheung 9/28/10 Period 3 Ap World History Comparative Essay During the time period of 2‚500 B.C ‚ Egypt and Mesopotamia shared political and religious ideas although they had more differences. Egypt and Mesopotamia were both similar in the way that government controlled the irrigation systems. These early river valley civilizations formed by the fertile lands so that farmers don’t have to live a nomadic life. There religious ideas were both
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Rough draft: Two of the first civilizations were Mesopotamia and Egypt the both faced a similar problem the flooding of the rivers. In Egypt they used the flooding to help grow there crops. In Mesopotamia they completely blocked there flooding and had no way of telling when it would. Overall I think Egypt dealt with the rivers best. Mesopotamia was one of the first known civilizations. The word Mesopotamia comes from Greek meaning between two rivers. However every once in a while the two rivers
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Mesopotamia and Egypt: Geographical Surroundings and the Shaping of Their Societies Both civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt were developed in river valleys and relied on the rivers and the flooding they brought for agriculture. Mesopotamia was between the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys‚ giving them more room for agriculture. But the Mesopotamians had to deal with harsh‚ irregular flooding‚ which would often damage their crops. Flooding was a major issue for the farmers in Mesopotamia‚ and
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Mesopotamia and Egypt are politically similar in that they both use religion to prop up their government and their leaders are absolute rulers; yet they are politically different in that Egypt is ruled by a “God” and Egypt’s law was based on the concept of Ma’at while Mesopotamia is ruled by a divine King and had the law Code of Hammurabi. Mesopotamia and Egypt are economically similar in that they both use agriculture to produce wheat and barley and they both encage in trade in the mediterranean;
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Mesopotamia‚ Egypt and Hebrews Mesopotamia and Egypt are known as the “place of the first civilization” followed by the Hebrews. These three societies traded extensively‚ but there was a difference in economic area. Mesopotamia was more productive of technological improvements‚ because their environment was more difficult to manage than the Nile valley. Trade contacts were more extensive‚ and the Mesopotamians gave attention to a merchant class and commercial law. Priests were part of the
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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
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Mesopotamia and Egypt are similar in a variety of ways‚ especially considering that Mesopotamia pre-dates Egypt‚ so it is easy to see the connections between the two. One of the major difference between the two societies was how their systems of class worked‚ Mesopotamia was more fair towards all people rather than Egypt which was extremely bias and segregated. Furthermore‚ they varied in the ways they punished convicts‚ but shared similarities in punishments for capital crimes. Lastly‚ there were
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Egypt and Mesopotamia have both similarities and differences‚ throughout both of these civilizations from back to 3‚500 B.C. The political and social structures in these civilizations were different and the same in their own way. The political differences between Egypt and Mesopotamia included hierarchy power‚ land control‚ and centralized government. The similarities between both civilizations are social class‚ male patriarchy‚ and kings. Egypt and Mesopotamia both had differences of their political
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Top of Form Egypt Culture Name Egyptian; Arab Egyptian; Arab Alternative Names Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt Previously: The United Arab Republic. Before 1952: The Egyptian Kingdom Orientation Identification. Egypt is the internationally used name but not the name used by the people of the country. It derives from the Greek Aegyptos‚ which in turn probably comes from ancient Egyptian words referring to the land ( Hut-ka-ptah‚ or "house of the essence [ka] of Ptah‚" a local
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Period 01 Egypt and Mesopotamia: Compare and Contrast During the New Stone Age‚ also known as the Agricultural Revolution‚ two civilizations ascended. Although many similarities can be shown between the two‚ they each are very different from each other culturally‚ geographically‚ socially‚ politically‚ and religiously. Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt developed during the same time period‚ 5000-6000 B.C.‚ geographically; they both had a source main of freshwater; the Nile River for Egypt‚ and the
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