Ancient Egypt being 3‚050 BC to 322 BC. They were wealthy and living very well for around 2‚728 years. Mesopotamia was in power from 3‚500 BC to 2‚000 BC. This river valley ended in only 1‚500 or so years. While these empires were in power‚ they were very great and astounding. (ancient.eu) These river valleys were both polytheistic‚ or believed in many gods
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The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty of China were great empires that still have influence on us today. As they developed‚ they formed some similarities in government‚ but there are more obvious differences between them in religion and commerce. The Roman empire and Han Dynasty both had a great leader who led them to their Golden Ages. In China‚ the emperor Wu Ti significantly expanded Chinese territory from Central Asia to Manchuria and Korea to Northern Vietnam‚ establishing the Pax
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You can also find some incredible coincidences. However‚ there were some differences in these coincidences. In old China‚ there were two great emperors who both unified China — Qin Shi Huang and Genghis Khan. As founders of Dynasties‚ they were powerful leaders‚ military geniuses and brutal rulers. But‚ Genghis Khan paid more attention to wars and the expansion of territory‚ and Qin Shi Huang unified the currency‚ word and measures while establishing centralization. People widely recognized that
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civilizations‚ but to what extent are the civilizations. The societies of Egypt and Mesopotamia meet the definition of a civilization to the extent of being the best civilizations of ancient times because of their customs and traditions and their religions. First off‚ the societies of both Egypt and Mesopotamia meet the definition of a civilization because of their customs and traditions. For example‚ both Egypt and Mesopotamia displayed the need for a ruler. With Egypt‚ it was customary to believe that
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the Roman and the Han Empire’s fell. The Roman Empire had 2 centuries of Pax Romana (Peace in Rome) that ended with the death of Marcus Aurelius and started the decline and fall of the empire. In the Han Empire Liu Bang ruled the Empire very peacefully and restores unity to China‚ Bang established a centralized government‚ lowered taxes and softened punishments. Following Bang’s death Wudi ruled the Han empire and was known as the Martial Emperor because he wanted to expand China through wars‚ both
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Han and Roman Empires The Roman Empire existed between 31 B.C.E to 476 C.E. and the Han Dynasty occurred 202 B.C.E. to 220 C.E. They existed at same times but were on opposite ends of Eurasia. They both had regions that were ruled by either kings‚ viceroys or governors in the name of the emperor. They were both similar in slavery‚ government‚ and their downfall. They also had their differences in religion‚ military‚ and center of power. Both civilizations had very strong central governments
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diversity. Mesopotamia and Egypt may very well be considered some of the world’s most profound ancient civilizations dating all the way back to the beginning of time. In other words‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt both had a severe impact in the expansion of agriculture‚ development of advanced technology‚ as well as the social hierarchy system; all which are still present today. Agriculture began in Mesopotamia where the environmental factors may have favored this particular region; although Mesopotamia had cool
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a. The visual arts of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt are similar and different in various ways. In Mesopotamia‚ animals were of great artistic characteristics within the visual works of art. For example the Plaque from the Soundbox of Great Lyre‚ Ur shows the use of animals within the artwork that was used for the tomb of a King’s grave. “The bearded bull’s head is a symbol of royalty often seen in Mesopotamia art.” This shows how important animals were within the culture and especially because it
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Although there are many similarities between Mesopotamia and Egypt‚ the differences that existed are significant enough that I would rather live in Egypt. Both civilizations rely on a river or rivers. Mesopotamia is between the Tigris and Euphrates. Egypt was built along the northern delta of the Nile River. In Mesopotamia‚ though the rivers could drought or flood depending on snowfall and rain‚ well in Egypt the Nile flooding came at the same time each year and was even predicted when it was coming
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Lindsay Evans AP World Euro Fourth Block Friday August 27‚ 2010 Egypt and Mesopotamia Compare Contrast Essay Ancient Mesopotamia went through many different empires that shared similar parts cultural traits‚ where as Egypt went through several different rulers‚ but only a few dynasties. Mesopotamia lied in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers‚ and its main empires existed from 1650 BCE to around 330 BCE. The ancient Egyptian empires went through four main phases: The Archaic Period (3100-2600
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