Comparison of mia and Ancient Egypt

8/7/2019 Comparison of mia and Ancient Egypt

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y Made up of two types ofland, a fertile land and

that was located alongthe Nile River and anunfertile land which wasthe deserts.

y Deserts separated Egypt

from other countries, itkept them isolated.

y The Nile River depositeda rich layer of black silt.

y Northern Mesopotamia ismade of hills and plains.

y

Land was fertile due to theseasonal rains and riversand streams that flowedfrom the mountains

y Southern Mesopotamia is

made up of marshy areas.Irrigated the lands alongthe banks of the Euphratesand Tigers Rivers

Mesopotamia Ancient Egypt


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y Mesopotamia y Ancient Egypt


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y Mesopotamians believed thattheir was gods and goddessesand demons and monsters.

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There were gods foreverything in the world.

y Ex. God of Rivers, God ofPottery, God of making bread

y Each city had its own specialgod or goddess

y Built temples for the Gods tolive in.

y Ancient Egyptians, just likeMesopotamians believed ingods and goddesses foreverything except theirs was

based on maintaining peaceand harmony.

y Unlike the Gods ofMesopotamia, gods andgoddesses of Ancient Egypt

were involved in creation,

such as floods, and offeringprotection.

y Believed it was important toabide by these gods in orderto continue life smoothly.

Mesopotamia Ancient Egypt


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y Earliest types of writingwas pictograms.

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They were used tocommunicate about taxesand crops.

y Overtime, pictogramsbecame cuneiform with the

change of signs intoscripts.

y These scripts recordedeverything from dailyevents to literature.

y Ancient Egyptians usedhieroglyphics; however,that wasnt the first form of

writing; there was threeother forms of scripts used.

y Ancient Egyptians usedhieroglyphics for recording

and communicatinginformation aboutgovernment and religion.

Ancient EgyptMesopotamia


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y Hieroglyphicsy Cuneiform Tablet


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y Are temples built onplatforms

y They were stepped

towers made from sun-dried mud brick

y Used for worship

y Began with the

Sumerians and spreadthroughoutMesopotamia

y Ziggurat Nanna


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y Ancient Egyptians builtpyramids as tombs fortheir pharaohs

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Began building themduring the time of theOld Kingdom

y There are about 80

known pyramidsy The largest three are

located in Giza

y Great Pyramid


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y Mesopotamia did nothave natural resourcesso they had to trade withneighboring countries.

y Grains, oils, and textileswere traded for timber,wine, and importantstones and metals

y Heavy products weretransported throughboats and small products

were transported on foot


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y Traded objects created by craftsmen

y Transported objects crafted for the Pharaoh and forthe temples

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Comparison of mia and Ancient Egypt