The early civilizations of China and India are similar but also quite different to the civilizations of Sumer and Egypt. A common similarity is the use of rivers. Most early civilizations built cities near rivers to gain food‚ water‚ and other necessities‚ this is one common theme between civilizations of China‚ India‚ Sumer‚ and Egypt (Stearns‚ 50). A common difference is the way the emperor/king ruled. In civilizations such as Babylon‚ the ruler created rules to fix family issues and property problems
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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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Tulsa Community College Reflections of a Belief System: Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia The belief system of a culture is seen in the arts‚ social order‚ and the laws of the people. This is evident to us today as we study the cultures of our past‚ for all have some sort of connection to a “higher power” in their seemingly everyday lives. Here‚ we will take a look at the similarities and differences of the ancient Mesopotamian peoples and the ancient Egyptians. By studying the legal systems
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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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ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia lived in two different locations and interacted with two different environments. Both places were affected by water in different ways. Euphrates and Tigress rivers shaped the development of Mesopotamia whereas‚ the Nile‚ shaped the development of Egypt. At the end‚ the people of these lands were able to use this water to their benefit. Mesopotamia is the land between the rivers Euphrates and Tigress. In the time when the first people arrived at Mesopotamia‚ it had a
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Differences between Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt It is not possible for civilizations to flow backwards while there is creativity and curiosity in the world. Each civilization learns from the one before it‚ but sometimes they are created entirely different. The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt are different. Mesopotamia and Egypt both had a very centralized government‚ but they both used different methods to see who would become the ruler. Agriculture‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt both
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Compare and Contrast Religious Beliefs of Ancient China and Egypt It is interesting to imagine a time when we did not know. We did not know if the sun would return to warm us after a cold winter‚ we did not know if the rains would come and saturate the dry earth and fill the rivers. Imagine a time when nature was the only thing outside of our self‚ we had to survive her and we needed her to survive. It is no wonder that people came to revere nature as she gave sustenance. In reverence for our
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classical civilizations of China and India are similar in social inequality due to the treatment of women and every individual being given a role in society. They differ in the flexibility in the social hierarchy and the presence or absence of coerced labor. China is similar to India in their treatment of women. India and China both treated women as subordinate to men. In China‚ the 5 relationships in Confucianism beliefs placed women on the lower end of the relationship. In India‚ women were denied reaching
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In 1000 BCE to 600 BCE‚ China and India developed similar and different characteristics. China’s political structure was more rigid‚ reflected by their belief systems‚ while India’s loose governing relied on Hinduism to bring unity. Both China and India shared similar social developments in the deepening of a patriarchal system which belief systems worsened the conditions of women’s rights. China and India’s had different political structure because China’s rigid government rule was justified by
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World History Period:8 9/29/12 Comparing: Egypt and Mesopotamia Although Mesopotamia and Egypt were similar in terms of their writing system‚ they differ with technology. The Mesopotamian’s both were one of the first civilizations to invent the writing system. Both places started with pictographs. On the other hand‚ the Mesopotamian’s invented more important things than the Egyptians‚ such as the wheel and the sailboat. Mesopotamia and Egypt both had the same types of religions‚ including
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