Mesopotamia and Egypt are the two of the several remarkable civilizations that have had a vast impact on our present day society. Both were similar socially as they had comparable social class systems‚ agricultural societies‚ and woman’s roles. However‚ both differ in view of after life‚ the status of a king or ruler‚ as well as the process of death. The main reasons to why these two civilizations were so successful were due to the fact of their incredibly similar social characteristics. There
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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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Chapter 2 1. How can the term CIVILIZATION be culturally biased? 2. How did Egyptʼs geography and climate influence religion and the outlook of the people? How did climatic events taking place from the fifth to the third millennium BCE affect the growth of Egypt? 3. Compare and contrast the development of commerce in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Why did their styles differ? 4. Account for the differing status of women in Mesopotamian and Egyptian society. The definition of civilization is a “certain kind
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In the winds of change‚ civilizations like Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia have left their imprint on the world today in various ways. The rise of civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia occurred about the same time in 5000-6000 B.C and it was through their scientific discoveries and cultural practices that we have derived important religions and educational breakthroughs. Although they both were prosperous and strived towards similar goals they went about their stratification in different ways. One
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Mesopotamia and Egypt DBQ AP World History – Ms. Admire Gabriela Gutierrez Mesopotamia and Egypt Civilizations Mesopotamia was surrounded by most of the world’s ancient highly developed and social complex states. Mesopotamia was considered one of the four riverine civilizations because at that time writing began or was invented and also‚ that’s when the Nile Valley in Egypt developed. Egypt was a second civilization that grew up in northeastern Africa‚ along the Nile River. The Egyptian
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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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After the Agricultural Revolution‚ the rise of civilizations scattered around the world‚ each one having various features that formed from their people and the land. Two civilizations that honed similarities and differences‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ grew and adapted alongside river valleys—the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Nile respectively. Both civilizations turned to control and unify their people through ideas of class hierarchy and kingship. However‚ Mesopotamian life differed from Egyptian
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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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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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