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    Egypt and Mesopotamia both have similarities as well as differences. The geography of the two civilizations are similar because a river plays an important part in their way of living. They are different because Mesopotamia is divided into regions. The governments of the two countries have large differences. The advances in technology and science were relatively similar as well because both countries invented writing systems and irrigation systems. In Egypt and Mesopotamia, the environments

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    The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt are seen as related in several aspects of their culture. However, there are also major differences between the ancient giants. This argument is based around the economic, social, and political aspects that these civilizations show similarity and difference in. Economically, Egypt and Mesopotamia share some things in common but not all. Agriculture was the key to wealth in both of the civilizations. This was due to the fact that both civilizations

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    Mesopotamia Years active: Mesopotamia was active from 5000 BC - 3500 BC. Location: Mesopotamia is parallel to today’s Iraq mostly and also with Iran, Syria, and turkey. In it’s years active Mesopotamia was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean and in the southeast. Geography: The rivers of Mesopotamia are the Tigris and Euphrates (flows through Iraq and Syria). Social Structure: In Mesopotamia the Priests and rulers shared control, the series of rulers in families also shared control

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    humans depended on their geography in order to survive. During the Neolithic era, communities and societies were developing due to the development of agriculture. Since civilizations developed, formalized government and religions formed. Egypt and Mesopotamia are two examples of early civilizations that benefited from their environment between 3000- 600 B.C.E. They share common characteristics such as being polytheistic, having public works and having an agricultural surplus. Even though these civilizations

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    Mesopotamia Dbq Essay

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    The cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt developed into such successful civilizations for various reasons. Mesopotamia is located in the middle of the Fertile Crescent, which is made up of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Egypt is located in Africa and has natural barriers that protect it. Those barriers are the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Nile River, and various mountains. Mesopotamia was an ideal place to start civilization. It has natural barriers as well, which are rivers and mountains

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    The Connections and Disconnections between Mesopotamia and Egypt Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia differ in location, climate and geography, although greatly affected the world. The two civilizations prospered in certain categories of ancient life and failed at others. Both learned what worked by performing a certain action and what could be changed. These civilizations can easily be compared since they started by a river, thrived because of agriculture and started around the same time period. Three

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    Both Egypt and Mesopotamia were two significant civilizations that were developed at the same time in the same region. Developing in the Middle East caused both civilizations to be interlinked and subjective to one another. Although they were interlinked they were also different from one another. I will demonstrate many ways these civilizations began to have differences in their geography, agricultural, political societies, religion, and education. The geography of Egyptian and Mesopotamian are

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    Egypt and Mesopotamia Egypt and Mesopotamia were both very complex empires. Every aspect of Egyptians life was based around religion, Mesopotamian religion explained everything about life and death. Social classes in both civilizations were based on a pyramid like social structure. Egypt never developed any major cities but, Mesopotamia developed many major cities. These three elements of civilization helped Egypt and Mesopotamia grow into thriving civilizations. Religion was a big part of both

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    Mesopotamia Vs Eygypt

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    future of basic cultures around the world. They have caused historians to ponder throughout the course of time, wondering what ties them together and what sets them apart. Mesopotamia and Eygpt are well known ancient civilizations with both similarities and differences politcally, socially, and economically. Commencing, Mesopotamia and Eygpt compare and contrast economically. Both civilizations didn't really have a source of money, however, they way they "bought" things was through trade, which they

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    Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia were both ancient civilizations that were founded between 3500 BCE to 3000 BCE it was a time where people finally got together and formed a community where people could farm instead of hunting and gathering while wandering from place to place. Egypt and Mesopotamia were also both built upon great rivers for Egypt it was the Nile, and for Mesopotamia it was the Tigris and Euphrates. These rivers is what helped create the civilizations that we know of today because the

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