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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The Mesopotamians and Egyptians both built their civilizations around a river-valley even though it flooded quite often because they believed that water was a gift from God and both of their civilizations were devoted to their faith‚ so they did not want to disrespect their higher powers. Mesopotamian civilization was on the Tigris and Euphrates river while the Egyptian civilization was on the Nile River. Even though both civilizations connected the river to their higher power they had different
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opinion‚ the best were the Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians. They were different in many ways‚ but had their similarities. (Mrs. Welsh) Ancient Egypt was very advanced for their age. They found new ways of technology including a writing system‚ many types of medicines and cures‚ toothbrush and toothpaste‚ and they built tall pyramids out of stone for the burial site of their kings and leaders‚ who were thought to be deities‚ or gods.According to the textbook‚ “Egypt invented many useful items
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Gods or gods. Religion first stood its ground in Ancient Mesopotamia‚ Egypt‚ and took flight in India more than five thousand years ago. These different systems in these areas blended political cultural with spiritual elements in a type of government known as theocracy‚ but also known as the rile by divine guidance. In these times a government was known to supreme religious and civil leaders the deities‚ gods and goddesses. The Ancient Mesopotamia believed in multiple Gods instead of just one‚ they
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1. 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 that can be identified regardless of historical period? Mesopotamia and Egypt gained knowledge to successfully sustain and utilize their surroundings. They also built canals to supply water‚ and utilized the soil to grow crops for trade. In doing this‚ it helped produce surpluses sufficient
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Ancient Mesopotamia is where modern Iraq is at nowadays. It was a collection of what we call city-states. It was a relatively small geographic area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. This land was called the fertile crescent.in the Neolithic revolution‚ the fertile crescent became an agricultural area‚ used the rivers flooding to set up fields and starting living a settled life. They were small and very isolated‚ which kept the are fragmented politically. When we think of civilization‚ we see
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Research Paper Ancient Egyptian Religion Ancient Egyptian civilization began in about 3150 B.C to 31 B.C. the Ancient Egyptians believed in many gods and religious ceremonies like the Procession of Min and Visiting the Dead. Ancient Egypt was a very Religious place to be in 3150-31B.C. There were many temples in Ancient Egypt. Religion was the very core of Ancient Egypt‚ anytime something bad would happen they’d pray to the god(s) for an answer. Why did Ancient Egyptians believe so much
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two governments of Egypt and Mesopotamia. For example‚ both civilizations had manuscripts and inscriptions. These were written down to make sure that civilians would understand‚ follow‚ and obey their laws. These law writers were called Scribes. Their job would be writing things down. Sometimes‚ there were the only people in the land who were literate. This way‚ when people were caught disobeying a law‚ they could not escape the consequences. Also‚ both Egypt and Mesopotamia had to pay taxes. There
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Mesopotamia (1) Some of the Mesopotamia cities were Ur‚ Hatra‚ Samarra‚ Nineveh‚ Lasgash‚ Nasiriyah‚ Assur‚ etc. The people within the cities were well known for the metal work‚ wooden textiles‚ and stoneware. (2) Mesopotamia’s government is known as theocracy‚ it consisted of each city having its own chief‚ working under a single ruler. (3) The Mesopotamia’s religion was polytheistic‚ the people strongly had a belief that the ziggurats connected heaven and earth. The gods or goddesses had
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to get married and inherit land‚ own personal items‚ and can be given freedom. The inventions that Egyptians made were: a 365-day calendar‚ basic form of arithmetic‚ and papyrus. These are all the things about what the Ancient Egyptians were like. #2.) WHERE WHER THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS LOCATED?: The inundation is when rain and melting snow from the Ethiopian Mountain flow down into the Nile River. There were different amounts of water in every inundation. When there was not enough water
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