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They both based their culture on religion. The Mesopotamians feared their gods because their gods punished them for wrong doings like making the river flood unpredictably. In Egypt, they accepted their gods, but didn't fear them. They viewed the world an consistent and peaceful because that's all they had known. The Nile flooded every year which helped the agriculture. Both civilizations were polytheistic, which means worshipped more than one god. The Mesopotamians followed the Code of Hammurabi, a law system. The egyptians did not have a law system set in stone. The Mesopotamians had a defined social grouping system, while the egyptians did not. There was a social grouping system, but it wasn't as complex or official. Women were held higher in Egypt, but still not as high as the men. Not much about mesopotamian women is known because they were not written about, but we know that they were much lower then men were. In Mesopotamia, the kings represented the gods, while the Egyptian kings were viewed as gods.
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Was ancient Mesopotamia beside ancient Egypt?
No. Ancient mesopotamia was around and between the Tirgris and Euphrates rivers. ancient Egypt was in north africa. And and Egypt became great later than mesopotamia.
Is Mesopotamia on the same continent as Egypt?
No. Egypt is in Africa, and Mesopotamia is (was) in Asia.
Why was Egypt safer than Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia,Egypt,United States Farming Mesopotamia, as in this area much more complex and difficult than was the case in Egypt.
What are the two cultural hearths in Middle East?
The Middle East contains 2 cultural hearths. The first was in Mesopotamia, the part of present-day Iraq between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. The second was in Ancient Egypt along the southern portion of the Nile River.
Which one had papyrus Egypt or Mesopotamia?
Egypt!!
