developed around the Nile River‚ while Mesopotamia developed between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Egypt and Mesopotamia grew into complex civilizations. Politically‚ both Egypt and Mesopotamia had a government with one main ruler‚ but Egypt had a centralized government with a pharaoh‚ while Mesopotamia had a decentralized government with a king. Socially‚ both civilizations were patriarchal‚ but Egypt was more lenient towards women while Mesopotamia was stricter. The political and social
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Andres Mederos AP World History The Differences between ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia There are many differences between the two civilizations like Government‚ Burials ‚ Technology‚ and language. Now these can be the same but there not because these civilizations had there own ways on how to control what they believed and how they would sustain themselves. Now the Burial techniques that the Egyptians used was very clever and like professionally done because they thought in the after life
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Mesopotamia and Egypt At the time of the rise of the first civilizations‚ both Mesopotamia and Egypt were dominant civilizations. One could argue that the first civilizations had various similarities‚ but they also had many differences‚ that of which made them early civilizations. Both Mesopotamia and Egypt grew up in river valleys. Surrounding Mesopotamia were the Tigris and Euphrates rivers‚ and Egypt’s river source was the Nile. These civilizations depended on these rivers to have productive
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Essay # 2 Changes and Continuities in Women’s Public Roles During the Renaissance There was a drastic change for the life of women from the latter part of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. This change didn’t help the women at all. In fact‚ the change was more and more of a declining change and less of an uplifting change. The way that women were viewed in the Renaissance took a huge decline from their social status during the middle ages. The aspects that contributed heavily to the typical women
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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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Between Mesopotamia And EgyptComparison Between Mesopotamia And Egypt Ancient Civilization thrived in the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Each had its own distinct views on the social‚ political‚ and religious aspects; however‚ there were many similarities as well. Through this essay‚ I will illustrate the differences‚ as well as the similarities of the fascinating early civilizations of Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. Approximately 5000 B.C.E. cultivation rose from Mesopotamia‚ the modern
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Egypt and Mesopotamia vary drastically in land and geographic features due to its location. They had more differences than similarities which was a cause for the uniquely different cultures of each. In Southwest Asia‚ also commonly known as the Middle East‚ it is known mostly for its dry desert climate‚ except for in the region located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where the flat plain known as Mesopotamia is located. This region’s shape and the richness of its soil leads is also the reason
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Mesopotamians served several gods. While Egypt had pharaohs governing its society‚ Mesopotamia was made of several city-states that competed for power. The social structures from Ancient Mesopotamia differs from Ancient Egypt both treated their women differently. In both Mesopotamia and Egypt religious leaders were given a very high status. In Egypt pharaohs were thought to be divine themselves‚ while in Mesopotamia they didn’t have a person they believed to be divine. Mesopotamian’s weren’t as optimistic
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From 3500-1500 BCE‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt emerged as two of the first river- valley civilizations. Although they came to be around the same time‚ they became different in their cultural aspects‚ such as universal views and classes‚ and economies due to differences in commerce. Both Mesopotamia and Egypt have different universal views‚ which then affected their culture. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers of Mesopotamia have unpredictable flood patterns. This affected their view of the universe because
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Valued qualities of Kings in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia 5000 years ago‚ as people discovered or invented more and more tools‚ agriculture replaced hunting and gathering became the main path food comes from. Because of the higher productivity agriculture has and agriculture’s need of settlement‚ people settled down from then on and cities came into being at that time‚ which happened at Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt at first. As the population grew up in these cities‚ people met with the need
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