Within the many River Valley civilizations‚ there were many reasons with how they differed and how they were similar. For example‚ two of the civilizations‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ had many similarities and differences about their customs and ideals. A few similarities between the civilizations were their agricultural ways and religions. A difference was their state building‚ expansion and conflict. First‚ there was a similarity in the two civilizations’ agricultural ways. In Mesopotamia and Egypt
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different between Egypt and Mesopotamia was the government. In Egypt‚ they had just one leader‚ the pharaoh. Egypt would have needed this strong central government for projects such as organizing and overseeing of the pyramid buildings. The early Mesopotamians used a city-state type government. Each area was controlled by its own political and economic center. Each area was a separate political unit. The social structure of Mesopotamia and Egypt were different. In Mesopotamia there was no gender equality
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Freud’s understanding of religion He believed that religion is an illusion‚ and this is based on wish fulfilment. In certain circumstances the human mind creates images and beliefs to satisfy their basic desires. Therefore Freud believes the human mind created religion‚ and so this is an illusion. Also‚ religion helps people overcome our inner psychological conflict (collective neurosis); conflicts between civilisation and helplessness and fear of natural forces. Freud states that religion
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NOTES Geography * Mesopotamia means the land between the rivers in Greek. (rivers = Tigris and Euphrates) * It is located in western Asia. * It is also known as the world’s earliest urban civilizations. (arose around: 3500 bc) * Mesopotamia‚ known as “the cradle of civilization”‚ was the centre of Sumerian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian‚ and Chaldean civilizations. * The area now forms most of modern Iraq‚ south-eastern Turkey‚ and eastern Syria. * The natural wealth of Mesopotamia
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Much like in Mesopotamia. Much like the mesopotamians‚ they used agricultural surplus to form states. The Nubians and the Egyptians had regular dealings with surrounding societies such as the Phoenicians‚ the Mesopotamians‚ and other Africans. From these they adopted forms of political and social organization. During 10‚000 BCE the Sahara was a very grassy steppe with many lakes
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annual flooding of the Nile the Egyptian civilization was able to extract papyrus reeds for the use of paper and other building materials. Inventing the animal-drawn plow helped make planting a lot easier also. Not only did both the Egyptians and Mesopotamians have this in common but both developed an advanced writing system. One of the first known writing systems of this
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Comparing and Contrasting the Egyptian and Mesopotamian Civilizations The Mesopotamian (in modern day Iraq) and Egyptian (in modern day Egypt) civilizations flourished around 3500 BCE. They were River Valley civilizations that thrived on agriculture. During their reign‚ they were very prosperous and shared similarities and differences. Differences between them were that Mesopotamia’s environment hindered their civilization in warfare and agriculture while Egypt’s environment strengthened it and
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purpose was to serve the gods. Egyptians were very adamant about this servitude while the Mesopotamians were more relaxed in their religious practice. The Egyptians would try their hardest to show the gods they obeying them and focused on following their rules. Pyramids were built to honor them. They had faith that if they did well by the gods the gods would do well by them in the afterlife. The Mesopotamians made statues to show respect and support to their gods and hoped that indicated they worshiped
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historical landmarks is linked to the sovereigns that ruled these civilizations. Egyptian kings (better known as pharaohs) and Mesopotamian rulers were treated completely different. Unlike rulers from Mesopotamia‚ pharaohs were viewed as Gods and human sacrifices were made when the pharaoh was undergoing reincarnation‚ awaiting afterlife. On the other hand‚ Mesopotamian rulers were not considered deities but still carried out their responsibilities as leaders‚ such as passing laws and judging disputes
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successful because of several different aspects of how they ran their civilizations. They both did things in ways that were smarter and better for their people. For both civilizations‚ they both had beliefs‚ ways of living and leaders. Egyptians and Mesopotamian people all had the same religion‚ called the polytheistic religion. This means they believed in many gods‚ and they were always trying to keep the gods happy. The Egyptians had a certain way of living which included different jobs and‚ depending
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