Comparison and Contrast Mesopotamia and Egypt

Mesopotamia And Egypt

Interaction

Environmental Degradation

Egypt

Similarities

Mesopotamia

Similarities

Egypt

Mesopotamia

Use their land as

resources

interacted with

each other with trade

relied on trade with other civilizations

relied heavely on the nile river for food, transport, and water

The heavy flooding destroyed their land

Built great structrers like the pyrmids and the sphnix

used their technology to create irrigation to grow food

used their architectural skill to make greak structres like the pyrimids of giza and the sphinx

depended on the rivers neat them to live

Culture

used the floods of the river to give their farm lan nutrients

depleated their soil to the point where it was no longer airable

the floods of the nile gave the soil nutrients and egypt didn't over farm it.

Mesopotamia

Comparison and Contrast Mesopotamia and Egypt

Similarities

Egypt

By: Luke Schreier & Jacob Lyons and Andrew Genone

• Both were predominantly

agricultural societies dependent on rivers

• Both were educated, artistic, and traded with other civilizations

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• People were given specialized jobs

• They cremated people

• Had more

stability and order

• They mummified people

Cities

Similarities

Egypt

Mesopotamia

• Cities were more village based
• cities had religious houses leading to the populations center

• was more urban
• had their own independent ruler

• Cities support

large populations

• cities were built near water sources
• Had cities with hierarchies

Trade

Technology

Similarities

Mesopotamia

Egypt

Similarities

Mesopotamia

Both big in trade

Traded with big

cities instead of

small civilizations

Built irrigation systems

mesopitamia used boats and the land as trade routes sending bulky items on boat and light items on foot or donkey

used lake to store

surplus water

used glazed

bricks

used bronze tools

Both did long distance trade

Egypt rarely traded by land and used the nile and boats as theit main source of trade

made obelisks

using pits of sand

used seeder plow for farming

traded with small civilivations that neighbored them

they traded with eachother

Government and Law Codes Similarites and Differences

Environment

Mesopitamia

Egypt

similarities

Mesopitamia had many rulers that ruled towns so the civilivation was disorganized

Similarities

Eygpt

their ruler was not a god.

Egypt had a safer

environment with protection

all around

Their law consisted with the eye for and eye code

Mesopotamia

Both located

by rivers to

live off of

• women could rule in Sumer and Egypt
• taxes were pain in goods and labor
• tax payments were written down
• Both had extensive trade routes

Mesopotamia is a big open

area with vague boundaries,

accessible on three sides

• Egypt had a centralized

government with one ruler

• Worshiped their ruler as a god
• problems of all classes were considered important

desearts and seas protected egypt giving them an advantage over other civilizations

the enviornment affected the lifestyle of each civilization

often attacked by other civilizations with no enviormental protection

Conclusion

Similarity and Differences in Physical Characteristics of Egypt and Mesopotamia

Cites

http://www.ehow.com/info_8609227_differences-mesopotamian-egyptian-cultures.html

Similarities

http://www.smspromotions.org/mesopotamian-religion.html

Mesopotamia

gods and religion

Egypt

http://history-world.org/egypt_and_mesopotamia_compared.htm

• no geographical protection from other civilizations

• Both located

by rivers

• Both lands

were fertile

• Located by the Nile River
• had protection from Nile River, cataracts, and the desert

Mesopotamia

Egypt

Similarities

• rivers flooded seasonally but uncontrollably

• Polytheistic
• worshiped in temples

• worshiped their pharaohs as gods
• buried the pharaohs in their own temple

• made figurines to pray for them
• the 7 Mesopotamian gods represented elements