Mesopotamia vs Egypt
Mesopotamia and Egypt are two differentcivilizationsthat show some difference between them when it comes to their history and growth. Egypt was built on both the sides of the River Nile. On the other hand, Mesopotamia was built in the fertile area between Tigris and Euphrates River. This is the main difference between Mesopotamia and Egypt. Though the location of each civilization was different, they do share something is common. Both Mesopotamia and Egypt had access to water resources. So, it is believed that both these civilizations developed on the basis of water. Both had agriculture as the primary occupation. Let us see more information about each civilization and based on that information understand the differences between each civilization.
More about Egypt
埃及的地理位置使入侵变得非常困难。埃及将巨大的地中海作为一个边界,而另一个边界是一个巨大的沙漠。当谈到埃及文明时,由于他们是尼罗河附近的定居者,因此农业在文明中起着重要作用。谷物被认为是埃及社会中最重要的元素。这是从古老的绘画中很明显的埃及ian art。Grain is often portrayed as the chief element of the society.
埃及社会的结构也很特别。尽管这是世界上早期的文明,但在埃及文明中,女性社区受到尊重。这在更高的社会中尤其明显。这主要是因为婚姻联盟对于保持统治者完整的力量非常重要。您可以看到她们对妇女的尊重程度,因为她们在宗教上也有许多强大的女神。
When it comes to the political system of Egypt, Egypt has a central government style of politics. The Pharaoh was the single leader of the Egyptians. He was the single leader of Egypt.
今天记住埃及人最重要的成就是建造pyramids。这些是宏伟的巨大石材结构,主要是作为国王的坟墓建造的。埃及人坚信来世。因此,一旦国王去世,他们通常将他的木乃伊尸体放在一个坟墓中,他还活着的所有物品。
More about Mesopotamia
Though Mesopotamia was also situated near a water source, their situation was not very stable. There was not much protection from invaders. It was much more open to many attacks.
When it comes to the society, females were considered as property in the Mesopotamian civilization. In short, it can be said that there was no gender equality in Mesopotamia. So, like most earlycultures, Mesopotamia did not treat the women well as the Egyptians did.
埃及had a different form of government and Mesopotamia had a different form of government altogether. City-state type of government was adopted by the rulers of Mesopotamia. In Mesopotamia, each area was a separate political fragment. This is a major difference in the administrative systems that prevailed in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Though Mesopotamians had a king, the ruling was more state-based rather than being a central power based governing system.
Bronze, lead, silver, and gold were subjected to advanced metallurgical techniques during the Mesopotamian civilization. In fact, Mesopotamia should be credited with the invention of the pottery wheel.
What is the difference between Mesopotamia and Egypt?
• Time:
• Both Mesopotamia and Egypt is believed to have been around 5000 and 6000 B.C.
• Location:
•埃及建在尼罗河的两侧。
• Mesopotamia was built in the fertile area between Tigris and Euphrates River.
• 社会:
• Both societies had royalty, high class, traders, farmers, and labourers as classes.
• In the Egyptian society, the women were treated with respect.
• In the Mesopotamian society, women were considered a property.
• Agriculture:
• Both civilizations were engaged in agriculture.
• Political System:
• Egypt had a central system of governing where everything happened according to the Pharaoh’s wishes.
• Mesopotamia had a more city based governing system where each city functioned as a unit on their own, even though they had a king.
As you can see, though both Mesopotamia and Egypt existed during the same time, they had a number of differences in the way they functioned.
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- The Great Sphinx and the pyramids of GizabyCitypeek(CC BY-SA 3.0)
- A ziggurat in Iraq吉姆·戈登(Jim Gordon)(CC由2.0)
carol ellis说
This article was very simplified for me in its chronology of both countries.